My airplane had a Ford alternator when I purchased it. No 337, no logbook entry, just an entry on a bill-of-sale. It was converted sometime in 1979 as best I can tell. I started having a series of electrical problems shortly after I bought it where the main power CB kept popping. The previous owner knew there was a problem, so he replaced the voltage regulator and thought that would fix it. Unfortunately, the original regulator did not have the main bus sensing wire connected to the "S" terminal, so it wasn't regulating anything! Long story short, I decided to replace the old Ford alternator and Zeftronic regulator with a 50-amp Plane Power lightweight alternator and regulator combo. We re-wired the charging system and replaced the ammeter when we installed it. It was an easy install, comes with the STC (which will cost $250 alone) and has worked flawlessly.
--- In [email protected], "Donald" <dongen...@...> wrote: > > I have just about had it with my generator system, more money has already > been spent on it than if an alternator conversion had been done to start > with. Has anyone else changed over to an alternator, was it a simple > conversion, and how do you like it (or not). >
