Pilottonny
Well Known Member
I connected my strobes to make sure the power supply was not going to be un-used to long (see Whelen manual). I just plugged in all three strobes, right in the power supply, so there is no shorts, or wrong wiring. After five minutes the tailstrobe was getting very, very, very hot! You can not touch it, not even after it has been off for 5 minutes, it is really cooking! It will not be possible to install it this way, because the Rudder-bottom-tip will just melt! I used my battery charger to supply power. This is obviously not the best power supply, but as is in the manual, it is best to use lower voltage to allow the capacitors to regenerate if you have not used the system for a longer period. It also mentions that the system will do 3-flashes instead of 2-flashes when the power is below "charging voltage". There is no mention about the tailstrobe getting hot though, in the manual.
Before starting this new thread, I checked using the search option and found that some more people came across this problem and mention it in another thread, but there is no answer for the problem in that thread.
Does anybody know what the reason is for this problem and how to solve it?
Regards, PilotTonny.
Before starting this new thread, I checked using the search option and found that some more people came across this problem and mention it in another thread, but there is no answer for the problem in that thread.
Does anybody know what the reason is for this problem and how to solve it?
Regards, PilotTonny.