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Old 21st Feb 2014, 11:32
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Reely340
 
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You will stay only on red warning lights on Warning Panel - LOW FUEL 1 (and LOW FUEL 2), which means that you must be on ground within 10 min (or 8 min in the earlier models)

...and ENG 1 will stop 3-4 minutes after that 10 minutes...and ENG 2 after next 1 and half min!
But didn't PPRuNe reach the conclusion that - while the amber caution lights might not be working - them red ones would come on for sure, as they are "driven by an independent measuring system" as EC brags:
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All crews should be aware that in the worst case a red warning LOW FUEL 1/2 could appear without any amber FUEL caution before. The red LOW FUEL 1/2 warnings are generated by an independent switching logic with separate sensors in each supply tank.
warning light sequence, acc. to AAIB: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...4%20G-SPAO.pdf
intermittent LOW FUEL 1 (left)
permanent LOW FUEL 2 (right)
temporary LOW FUEL 1
permanent LOW FUEL 1
These are red warning lights. Could they have been recorded w/o actually illuminating?
(read: is that a record of the output driver circuit, or some real information about illumination of a light?)

Note: My VW Van knows and records when the central controller activates the break/turn signal/tail light output circuit, and they do not draw expected current.

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