<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes the regulator will shut down if it gets too hot and then recover when it cools. See my previous email about a possible cause of the high current consumption. The regulator will not cause the high consumption.<div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 25, 2009, at 4:37 PM, colin chariandy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Accidentaly sent before completed. See below.<br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 4/25/09, <a href="mailto:cchariandy@yahoo.ca">cchariandy@yahoo.ca</a> <i><<a href="mailto:cchariandy@yahoo.ca">cchariandy@yahoo.ca</a>></i></b> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: <a href="mailto:cchariandy@yahoo.ca">cchariandy@yahoo.ca</a> <<a href="mailto:cchariandy@yahoo.ca">cchariandy@yahoo.ca</a>><br>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] JR DSM glitch - trouble-shooting.<br>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>Received: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 7:30 PM<br><br> <div id="yiv692157509"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div id="yiv1570532302"> <div>I had a close call today with my R921 Rx in an Integral.</div> <div> </div> <div>I noticed on taxi out that the engine rev'd up and quickly back down without any command. At first I thought I must have bumped the stick by accident. Then just before take-off there was no responce from the throttle for a second or two then it was back. I thought the 170 may have loaded up a little and didnt respond. It did that one more time before I aborted the flight. However, I could'nt reproduce the problem in the pits.</div> <div> </div> <div>Before powering down, I checked for holds or fades on the data logger - nil.</div> <div> </div> <div>Battery voltage droped from 8.2V to 7.8V and 7.6 under 1A load. When I re-charged it took 350mA and I was only on for 3-4 mins.</div> <div> </div> <div>Now...I did accidentally run the battery down to like 5V during winter but it did eventually recharge.</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm using a Jaccio perfect switch/6V regulator, Jaccio 2000mAHr (1 season old)</div> <div> </div> <div>I think the Rx momentarily lost power. I'm sure if I change the Rx pack and the regulator.</div> <div> </div> <div>Does anyone know if this regulator can fail and interupt the supply then recover? Any explanation for the relatively high current consumption...maybe a regulator issue...high Vdrop/RDSon?</div> <div> </div> <div>Colin.</div> <div> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr size="1"> The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! <a href="http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Get it Now for Free!</b></a></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br> <div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="http://ca.mc313.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" ymailto="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion" target="_blank">http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</a></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br> <hr size="1">The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! <a href="http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/"><b>Get it Now for Free!</b></a>_______________________________________________<br>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>