Great! My post lights were also disconnected. Mike is a great help to all of us Ercoupe owners!
Dave --- In [email protected], "Donald" <dongen...@...> wrote: > > > Well I was out playing with it, the bulb is fine, so got to check the wiring. > Previous owner had some problems with charging, and replaced the master, > regulator and generator, so I suspect the light wire got disconnected. I > notice none of the instrument lights are working either. Mike at Skyport > courteously emailed me the wiring for the light, so now I can figure out what > is wrong. > > > --- In [email protected], "bigbrownpilot@" <bigbrownpilot@> wrote: > > > > Donald, > > > > Hate to state the obvious here, but make sure it's wired correctly. Mine > > had one too when I bought it, but it didn't work. My alternator system was > > a mess; no 337 on the alternator conversion, frying electronics, etc. The > > previous owner thought it was a bad voltage regulator and replaced it with > > a Zeftronics regulator, but we were still popping the main power CB when I > > would turn the master switch on. My AI and I checked the wiring and found > > that the original voltage regulator wiring did not have the sensing wire to > > the main bus hooked up, and the generator light was completely > > disconnected. I replaced the whole system with a Plane Power alternator > > and regulator that included a new light and re-wired the charging system. > > Mine will come on whenever the master is on and the generator is not > > charging, but it also comes on when the generator is operating and I've > > accidentally bumped the master switch to OFF, which is a nice feature. The > > generator light is a nice feature, especially when the ammeter is mounted > > on the far RH side of the panel like mine. > > > > Good luck, > > Dave > > > > --- In [email protected], "Donald" <DonGeneda@> wrote: > > > > > > My coupe has a "generator light" that apparently has been added, that > > > apparently should glow when the master is on and engine not running, or > > > when the generator stops charging when running. I see Skyport sells such > > > a kit. > > > When I turn the master on, the light does not come on. Should it? I am > > > trying to determine if the bulb is burned out or if I just don't know > > > what it is supposed to do. > > > > > >
