REFLECTOR: Starter problem

[Chuck Jensen]

Here's a guess and its worth the invoice I'll send you....  You may have
had a loose/poor connection on the wiring or connector to the 5 amp
breaker.  When you shuffled things around, you loosened, tightened or
jiggled it enough to create a good connection, and the resulting
amperage dropped enough to allow the 5 amp to again do its job.  Like I
said, it's a guess.  Maybe somebody that actually KNOWS anything about
electrical systems will offer a useful idea!!
 
Chuck Jensen 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of PUSHERPILOT at wmconnect.com
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:20 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Starter problem


My Velocity Std RG has a flown 110 hours now and when I tried to start
it the other day the start switch circuit breaker popped.  A friend told
me that the starter solenoid (on the starter) was clicking when I turned
the switch.  I took the starter to a repair shop and after a complete
check out they said that it was in perfect condition. 

I called Sky-Tec and was told that the solenoid pulls 6 amps.  I had
installed a 5 amp breaker, but it has worked until now.  At this point I
assumed that the breaker has been over worked and finally failed.  To
test this idea I connected a 10 amp breaker to a separate lead to the
solenoid and the engine cranked.  The problem now is that when I tried
the regular circuit with the 5 amp breaker it worked fine. 

Replacing the 5 amp breaker with a 10 amp would seem to be the fix, but
that is a real nasty job.  Ideas, suggestions? 

Mel Bina 
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