I really don't mean to be critical or mean in any way here, but that response really demonstrates the importance of systems knowledge. It's very common to jump in a plane that doesn't have idiot lights, and it's the responsibility of the PIC to understand the system he is flying. That may mean reading the POH. If a pilot sees a gradually declining voltmeter and doesn't understand what that is telling him, that should be a heads up to that pilot that he needs to get into the books. It's OK to not know everything. I don't know everything. No one knows everything. None of us do. And asking questions is OK. In fact, it's an opportunity for all of us to learn something. I think it would be more constructive to focus on learning the system rather than blame the lack of understanding on a lack of an idiot light. The purpose of the idiot light is to draw your eye to the gauge. If you don't understand the gauge, what good will the idiot light do other than come on and glow red?
Jim
From: Peter WalkerSent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:04 PMSubject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Alternator Warning Light
Hello Gary
he did look
Obviously, a gradually declining voltmeter didn't help me a bit and I started wondering why there wasn't something more obvious available
Peter
Besides, what's the point of having a gauge if you don't look at it once in awhile?
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