ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Battery: 20 Cell,
44 ampere hour nickel cadmium
25 VDC Power
10 Minutes
Power to ALL Buses
30 Minutes
Hot Batt/Emer Bus
Starter Generator: 30 VDC, 300 amperes
(regulated to 28.5 VDC)
Generator Load - Shared Equally
(10% of total load)
BATTERY BUS:
Tailcone Baggage Light
Tailcone Access Light
Cabin Entrance Lights
Emer Exit Signs
APU Oil Light (preflight access)
Lav Service Overfill Light
X-FEED BUS:
Ignition in NORM/ON
Taxi Lights
Wemac Fan
Fwd/Aft AC Evap Fans
EMERGENCY BUS:
Comm 1
NAV 1
Standby Radio Control
Pilot's/Copilot's Audio Panel
AHRS 2 (airspeed/altitude)
Standby HSI
N1 indicators
Standby Pitot Heat
Cockpit Flood & Glareshield Lights
Flap Control
Gear Control
Stabilizer Control
Gear Warning
Hydraulic Control Valve
Ignition (SEC Position)
EMER LIGHTS BATTERY PACK:
Emergency Lights
Located on Pilot's Side Panel and
Aft Closet
Illumination of EMER Lights:
Loss of Main DC Power
5 "G" Impact Switch
Emer Light Switch - ON
EMER LIGHTS:
Every 3rd Bulb of the LH
Fwd and RH Aft Isle Lights
Cabin Exit Signs (6)
Reading Lights (4)
Over Wing Exit Lights
Battery Pack
Left Nose Compartment
Good for max. 30 minutes
Meggit
Back Lighting for N1
Gauge and Standby HSI
Battery Pack
Right Nose Compartment
Backup Power for AHRS 2
Good for max. 30 minutes
BATTERY BUS:
Tailcone Baggage Lights
Tailcone Access Lights
Cabin Entry Lights
Voltmeter
(Batt Switch ON/EMER only)
Emer Bus (Batt Switch in EMER Only)
GCU:
Regulates
Parallels
(within 10%) (30 amps)
Protects
* Power Relay
Undervoltage
Reverse Current
* Field Relay
Overvoltage
Feeder Fault
Fire Switch
BATTERY LIMITS
3 Engine Starts per Hour
Batt Start
1 Battery Debit
Gen Assisted
1/3 Batt Debit
Starting APU
1/3 Batt Debit
GPU Start
0 Batt Debit
Air Start
1 Batt Debit
STARTER LIMITS
Battery:
3 starts/30 minutes 90 sec. cooling period
Batt Limit: 3 Starts / Hour
APU 9 Starts/Hour
GPU:
800 - 1000 amperes
28 VDC
On/Running plugged in
BATT Switch - ON
GEN Switches - OFF
During Start - Disconnect Generators so they
don't participate in the start.
BATTERY OVERTEMP LIGHT:
Flashes - 145° C.
>160
Flashes - 160° C.
GCU regulates the 30V DC generator to 28.5 VDC
GCU parallel the generators to share the load;
the generators must be within 0.3 volts and
10% of system load.
Gen Load Limit Flight:
300 Amps
Ground:
200 amps per Gen. transient up to 250 amps
for 4 minutes.