Another good idea, but the schematic has rather clearly shown the
diode/connector setup for the external connection, but has it shown as "optional."
This diode/resistor is in addition to that.

nrp wrote:
: I don't know Cherokee electrics, but does it maybe offer a way to (very
: slowly) charge the battery thru the external service plug?

: My Cessna 172M has a funny diode-resistor circuit like that in the
: battery circuit in which that's the only reason I can see for it. It
: is not described in the POH or even the service manual. Otherwise with
: a completely dead battery, if I used the ground service plug to start
: it, there still wouldn't be anything in the battery to initialize the
: alternator.

: Flyback diodes don't usually have a resistor in series with them.


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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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