AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2021 - 91

The regulator was the easiest
component to get at; it appeared to
be functioning normally.
at my home airport, so it would take me
at least a day to get one overnighted and
another day to get it installed. Besides, I
wasn't even sure the alternator itself was
at fault. The symptoms could just as easily
be caused by a bad regulator, a bad
field switch, fuse, fuse holder, wire, loose
connection, or cold solder joint. Clearly
some serious troubleshooting was the
first order of business.
The weather en route to Tucson was
severe clear. Making the flight on one
alternator would be perfectly safe, I told
myself, albeit not exactly legal. I started
taxiing out to the runup area, still not sure
what I'd do when I got there.
About halfway to the runup area,
the right alternator spontaneously came
online. Once again, my decision was made
easy. I flew to Tucson. The alternator
worked fine. " Just as soon as I get home, "
I promised myself, " I simply must troubleshoot
this problem and get it fixed. " I
had a long trip planned for the following
month that would take me all the way to
Key West, Florida, and then over Cuba to
Grand Cayman. Can't undertake a trip like
this with a flaky charging system!
As if to hold me to that promise, the
right alternator failed again during the
return flight from Tucson and never came
back. I was happy about that, knowing it
would make my troubleshooting vastly
easier-not to mention compulsory.
Troubleshooting
The next morning, I drove to my hangar
with my trusty Fluke 77 multimeter, a
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