How many hours? Copper Cable Kit for '78 Warrior

"Sandy Mustard" wrote
If your warrior has the braided grounding strap at the battery box, I'd
spring for the Bogert battery box mod also.
It's about $50.

Bogert is faxing the instructions to my A&P for consideration.
Meanwhile, I went flying today. Same old thing, first blade
fails to turn, so I let it back off and bump it again to get it
over the 'hump'. This produces the usual labored rotations,
but then, something new. Electrical power quit, just as if I had
turned off the master switch, in mid start.

Now, I had asked my A&P to check every connection for excessive
voltage drop while cranking, for the purpose of ruling out other
issues than the aluminum cables themselves. He indicated
that the check had been performed by his 'electrical system Guru'
and they had found no excessive delta V while cranking.

Imagine my surprise when I inspect the positive battery terminal
and find that the fastener nut is loose. After tightening, the
starter spins like a top!

We'll see how this holds up over time and hold off on the copper
cable installation.

-Bud

N235PA
San Diego MYF
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Bud Patterson wrote:
Imagine my surprise when I inspect the positive battery terminal
and find that the fastener nut is loose. After tightening, the
starter spins like a top!

We'll see how this holds up over time and hold off on the copper
cable installation.

If that terminal has been loose for several flights, it may have been
arcing a bit. You might want take it apart and clean the terminals really
well.

-- Jay
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"Jay Masino" wrote
If that terminal has been loose for several flights, it may have been
arcing a bit. You might want take it apart and clean the terminals really
well.

-- Jay

Good point Jay.

Thanks,

-Bud