<<I still have the side gills to the top
> cowling.>>
Monitoring of the regulator surface temperature in a number of flight
conditions both before and after closing off the side gills confirmed that
the gills contribute nothing to the cooling of the regulator (mounted on the
firewall as high and as outboard as possible).
However, that may be different after shutdown; but does that matter if the
regulator is no longer working and therefore not "cooking itself"?
Duncan McF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Pitt" <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:33 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Ducatti Rectifier/Regulator
> <steven.pitt2@ntlworld.com>
>
> Dear All,
> I hope I am not repeating a thread but I would appreciate input from the
> forum on where builders have positioned their regulators. My reason for
> asking is that I may have an intermittent fault in the electrical
> generation system and having done some fault tracing with Conrad Beale and
> Skydrive it is pointing to the rectifier and the possibility that it has
> become 'cooked' and thus developed the intermittent workings.
> My fitment is on the flat above the pilot's footwell, but the opinion
> expressed so far is that there is not enough air circulation to keep it
> cool, especially after landing. I still have the side gills to the top
> cowling.
> Thanks in anticipation.
> Steve Pitt
> G-SMDH Trigear XS.
>
> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com
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