Forum

Notifications
Clear all

This Forum is a place for Piper Comanche pilots to communicate and discuss technical issues

If you join or reset a password, please check your Spam Email box for emails from Admin at ComancheTechTalk.com

Please put your questions on the forum as well so everyone can read and respond. Someone else might be having similar questions.

All questions or topics on the Forums automatically get sent to the Tech team as well.

Circuit Breaker Popping

1 Posts
1 Users
0 Reactions
39 Views
Admin
Joined: 5 years ago
Posts: 1162
Topic starter  

Circuit Breaker Popping

Postby 17031 » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:14 pm

I have a '67 260B. There are 2 rows of circuit breakers. The number one breaker in the upper row was popping regularly. The mechanic was unable to find the problem but in movinf wires around was able to stop it from popping. Of course this means the problem will return. Does anyone know what that particular breaker is for? Nothing seems to be effected when it pops.
Tim
17031
ICS member
ICS member
 
Posts: 38
Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:44 pm

Re: Circuit Breaker Popping

Postby N3322G » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:36 pm

Tim,

I have a 39 so I can't help on that particular configuration but have have you tried looking on in the maintenance manual? Its on this website under the Tech tab.

Pat

Patricia Jayne (Pat) Keefer ICS 08899
PA-39 #10 Texas

User avatar
N3322G
ICS member
ICS member
 
Posts: 1911
Joined: Thu May 08, 2008 1:58 pm
Location: Fort Worth, Texas area

Re: Circuit Breaker Popping

Postby Zach Grant L1011jock » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:16 pm

Tim,
If you can see your breakers without standing on your head and looking under the panel, then you do not have a factory configuration. Most of the electrical systems in these planes do not look anything like what they did when they left the factory. My guess is that unless someone totally redid the breaker panel and moved it from under the panel to a panel face, then what you are looking at is probably breakers from an avionics mod. Anytime there is a breaker poping, and then wiggling wires stops it, that means there is a short. Bad stuff because it can start a fire pretty easily. I would advise not flying until you find the problem.
-Zach
"Keep it above 5 feet and don't do nuthin dumb!"
User avatar
Zach Grant L1011jock
Technical Advisor
 
Posts: 1404
Joined: Mon Mar 22, 2004 4:35 pm
Location: Indianapolis KEYE

   
Quote
Share: