Voltage regulator on engine side?

[jrevens]

John, where and how did you get your hands on that Silent Hektik regulator. You must know someone who bought it for you in Europe, the sent it to the US privately?

Yes, I think I wrote about that on my build thread. I have a friend who goes to Holland frequently - his wife is from the Netherlands, and he knew a RANS builder there who was willing to buy one and ship it here.

[dcsfoto]

put it on the engine side.

if the regulator burns out the fumes are toxic

D Kelm

[Av8r3400]

I have seen several burn out on many planes and not one has made any "toxic" fumes.

I just replaced the one in the Mangy (inside the cabin away from the engine heat). No fumes.

[Floog]

3 years ago I 'smoked' a Ducati inside the firewall. The cause was a loose ring shank terminal on the C to L circuit. Though the smoke in the cockpit got my attention, there was no evidence of overheating. The regulator and wiring looked like new. Weird. Recently, I added a 40 amp alternator in parallel with the existing Rotax system. It's now a 'backup' to the external alternator. With all the extra power, I'm considering a seat warmer and A/C (:

[jiott]

I also had a Ducati fail, mounted on the cockpit side of the firewall, with no toxic fumes.

[Rodney]

Also had the Ducatti regulator inside the cockpit fail. No toxic fumes I was aware of.

In doing some research on the Vans RV-12 forum, ( they mount their regulators on the engine side of the firewall). I came to the conclusion that heat may be a factor contributing to failures.

I replaced my regulator with one from NAPA and mounted a 5 inch dia. 12 volt cooling fan about an inch away from the regulator. Fan wired into master switch.

That was a little over a year ago and so far, no problems

Rodney

[Esser]

I ended up putting my regulator right near the firewall but aft so it is in the cockpit.

[Av8r3400]

I replaced my regulator with one from NAPA and mounted a 5 inch dia. 12 volt cooling fan about an inch away from the regulator. Fan wired into master switch.

What type of regulator did you use from NAPA?