CB Problem
Working the tailwheel endorsement, the IP and I decided to make a short hop over the mountains, eat breakfast and do some pattern work and landings.
Landed, taxi to the fuel pump, put in a couple gallons, then taxi to tie down.
Crank the engine, get a half a rev, no more. Battery is dead. No indication of any electrical problem until then. No CB, including the GEN CB are popped.
OK, it's VFR, hazy from the wildfire smoke, but the tower at Mojave is closed, we can go NORDO. Get the airplane home.
Prop start, fly back to Mojave, still no popped CB's. It's Sunday, so I decide I'll work on the airplane next Saturday. I have a day job, and I'm not working in a tin hangar when it's 110+ in the afternoon.
Saturday, I take off the cowling, check all the wiring from end to end, while under the panel checking the GEN CB I push on it. It goes in and out, won't reset.
Isn't the first time I've seen a CB pop, but the button doesn't move, and it sure can make your day miserable. Glad the button popped out while the airplane was sitting idle for 5 days.
Last edited by AWC Jeff; 31st Jul 2018 at 01:58.
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