EvilEagle
Pattern Altitude
Airplane just came out of the annual and I noticed it was kinda hard to start occasionally, made some weird sounds but started every time. A couple of weeks ago I was flying to work and I noticed the volt meter was not at it's normal position (pegged at 15), it was about 13 and on the descent. I shut everything off and grabbed the handheld to get to work and back home that day. The A&P replaced the voltage regulator and had the alternator rebuilt.
I was flying to work this week and just happened to be looking right at the volt meter when it jumped from 15 to about 12.5 all at once. It stayed about the same for the rest of that flight. Flew it home the next day and was down to about 9 volts. I replaced the battery today but the volt meter never goes above 12.5. Is the Alternator out again? Voltage regulator?
I was flying to work this week and just happened to be looking right at the volt meter when it jumped from 15 to about 12.5 all at once. It stayed about the same for the rest of that flight. Flew it home the next day and was down to about 9 volts. I replaced the battery today but the volt meter never goes above 12.5. Is the Alternator out again? Voltage regulator?