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Single Aisle TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL

IGNITION & STARTING SYSTEM D/O (US) (3)


ENGINE CRANK CAUTION: - DO NOT MOTOR THE ENGINE FOR MORE THAN
15 SECONDS WITH THE MASTER CONTROL
Engine CRANK modes:
SWITCH IN THE ON POSITION.
- dry CRANK,
After a wet crank of 15 seconds maximum, when the MASTER control
- wet CRANK.
switch is set to OFF position, the fuel is cut off and the starter SOV
The aircraft configuration in this case is the following:
closes following the reset of the ECU.
- APU running and APU BLEED on,
After the reset of the ECU, the ECU will command the starter SOV
- FADEC 1 and 2 powered,
to open when the N2 speed is less than 20%. The dry CRANK
- both engines shut down,
procedure is initiated.
- C/B 1KC1(2) (ENGINE HP FUEL SOV) opened (dry crank only) to
Continue to dry crank the engine for 60 seconds (within the starter
open the LP SOV. Fuel inlet pressure has to be positive (dry crank and
limitation of 2 minutes on), this will dry the fuel that can be in the
wet crank).
combustor.
When CRANK is selected on the ground, the ENGINE page appears
After 60 seconds, release the MANual START P/B switch to interrupt
automatically on the ECAM and the ECU initiates a motoring sequence
the crank sequence and set the selector back to MODE NORMal
after action on the MANual START P/B.
position.
With CRANK selected, ignition is inhibited.
When the MANual START P/B is released out, the starter SOV closes.
The action on the ENGine MANual START P/B opens the starter SOV.
With the selector in the MODE NORM position and engines shut
During the crank sequence the starter limitations have to be observed.
down, the DOOR/OXYgen page is displayed on the ECAM.
Make sure that you do not go over the limits.
An acceptable duty cycle can be performed with the following procedure:
- 2 minutes on,
- 20 seconds off,
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- up to four times and then


- 15 minutes off for cooling.
If the starter operation time is exceeded, a warning message is displayed
on the ECAM.
WET CRANK
When the MASTER control switch is set to the ON position, the LP
and HP fuel SOV are opened.
For a wet crank, the MASTER control switch is normally set to ON
between 15 and 20% of N2.

T1 (CFM 56) (Lvl 2&3) IGNITION & STARTING SYSTEM D/O (US) (3) Oct 24, 2008
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Single Aisle TECHNICAL TRAINING MANUAL
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ENGINE CRANK - WET CRANK

T1 (CFM 56) (Lvl 2&3) IGNITION & STARTING SYSTEM D/O (US) (3) Oct 24, 2008
70 - POWER PLANT CFM 56 Page 145

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