APU start anomaly from Cold and Dark panel state

[brucewtb 247]

An oddity with starting the APU from a cold and dark panel is that if you load with another panel state first (eg NGX short) then reload with cold and dark the APU will not start on the first try - low pressure light and the fault light comes on and the APU doesn't start. If you then flip the APU switch to the off position and then again to the on and start position it does start. On the other hand, if cold and dark is the default startup state and you load the NGX with that panel state, the APU starts normally in one go. No big deal once you realise what is happening but confusing when getting up to speed with cold and dark starts. Bruceb

[Tierborn 188]

An oddity with starting the APU from a cold and dark panel is that if you load with another panel state first (eg NGX short) then reload with cold and dark the APU will not start on the first try - low pressure light and the fault light comes on and the APU doesn't start. If you then flip the APU switch to the off position and then again to the on and start position it does start. On the other hand, if cold and dark is the default startup state and you load the NGX with that panel state, the APU starts normally in one go. No big deal once you realise what is happening but confusing when getting up to speed with cold and dark starts. Bruceb

yep .. same for me as well

[Cristi_Neagu 134]

I think this is because of another error mentioned in another thread here. I believe somewhere, somehow, the NGX's systems still believe the APU is turned on after switching to the cold and dark state, even tough every indication you have tells you that it is off. So the APU cannot be started because it is already started.

[ajacied551 1]

An oddity with starting the APU from a cold and dark panel is that if you load with another panel state first (eg NGX short) then reload with cold and dark the APU will not start on the first try - low pressure light and the fault light comes on and the APU doesn't start. If you then flip the APU switch to the off position and then again to the on and start position it does start. On the other hand, if cold and dark is the default startup state and you load the NGX with that panel state, the APU starts normally in one go. No big deal once you realise what is happening but confusing when getting up to speed with cold and dark starts. Bruceb

This happens when the Battery switch is switched off when the APU is still in it's cooldown cycles, you have to wait 60 sec. to switch off the Battery, if you do not wait 60 sec. APU Electronic Control Unit (ECU) see this as a emergency shutdown, Next time you want to start the APU, The APU ECU will continue it,s cooldown cycles and that gives the fault light to illuminate, To solve this Problem just put the APU switch to OFF and restart the APU. This is no Bug but normal system behaviour.