read the title of the failure on the

engine warning display

observe the amber idg low pressure on

the ECAM electric page and the amber IDG

1 fault light on the electric panel

these indications mean that there is

insufficient oil pressure in ID g1e cam

action requires us to disconnect the ID

G begin a cam action by raising the ID G

guard

the guard has been raised now disconnect

the idg

caution press the idg push-button switch

until the generator fault light comes on

but not more than three seconds to avoid

damage to the disengaged solenoid

generator number two has automatically

taken over the generator number one load

through the AC tie bus and is now

supplying the entire electrical system

on the ECAM electric page an Amber

disconnect has replaced the previous

low-pressure signifying that IDG number

one is now disconnected

the idg number is shown in white to

indicate that Engine 1 is still running

let's look at generator one indications

for a moment GE n in amber means

generator one has abnormal parameters

one in white means engine one is still

running

zero percent low

in green means that the load is still

within the normal range

zero volts in amber means that the

voltage is outside normal parameters

amber X's means that there is no

frequency sensed

the amber fault on the generator one

push-button switch means generator one

is not supplying the system

on the ECAM electric system page galley

shed in white has illuminated indicating

that the system has automatically shared

galley equipment to decrease the load on

the remaining generator

after review and confirmation clear ECAM

the Status page is now displayed a green

message advises us that the APU

generator is available as a backup up to

flight level three nine zero using the

APU would restore the galley power

and the ennop system column generator

one and the main Gally are listed as

inoperative after review and

confirmation clear status

ECAM complete screens normal the system

display has reverted back to the Cruz

page
on the engine warning display read the

title of the failure

observe generator and load indications

in amber on the ECAM electric page

indicating that the load is abnormal

galley fault light eliminated on the

electrical panel helping you to locate

the proper switch the galley will be a

switch table to reduce the load

notice that there is no fault light in

the generator - push button switch

because the generator is still powering

the AC bus -

the first ECAM action calls for the

galley power to be switched off turn off

the galley power

on the ECAM electric page note that

galley shed indication has appeared

generator to load is back to a normal

value

after review and confirmation clear

electric

the Status page is displayed for review

the only inoperative item is the galley

after review and confirmation clear

status

ECAM complete screens normal the system

display has reverted back to the Cruz

page

you
this is a serious failure which results

in a master warning normally AC bus one

supplies the following the AC essential

bus DC bus one which in turn feeds the

DC battery bus the DC battery bus which

normally feeds DC essential if AC bus

one is lost

these buses become unpowered

when power is lost to either DC bus the

DC Thai bus relay automatically closes

Andrey powers to dead bus in this case

both DC one and the DC battery bus are

repowered by tr2 through DC to

however with the loss of a

last one AC essential and DC essential

both remain unpowered the most

noticeable consequence is that the

captain's PFD ND and the engine warning

display go blank since the captain has

no instruments he should give the

aircraft to the first officer and

perform the ECAM himself

the e/wd and the ECAM checklists are now

displayed on the lower ECAM the first

item is the autopilot it can be cleared

either by clicking twice on the

autopilot disconnect on the side stick

or by using the clear key on the ECAM

control panel for this exercise use the

clear key clear Auto flight

the first item autopilot has disappeared

looking at the remaining lines we can

see that the AC bus one fault has led to

AC MDC essential bus failures

the first blue line in the procedure

tells us to switch AC essential bus from

AC bus one to AC bus to this will

repower the AC essential bus at that

point AC essential will power the

essential TR which will in turn repower

the DC essential bus

note the amber fault light and

essential feed switch this amber light

is also telling us to operate the switch

perform a cam action

the amber fault light has now been

replaced by a white alternate light this

means that the AC essential bus is now

powered by its alternate source AC bus 2

after a few seconds the captain's PFD

and Andy and the e/wd are recovered the

ECAM electric pages then automatically

redisplayed on the lower ECAM

both the central buses are now recovered

AC bus 2 is now supplying the AC

essential bus which in turn is powering

the essential TR the essential TR then

powers the DC essential bus

in normal operation the essential TR is

unpowered although it is labeled the Box

symbol has no parameters listed now that

it is in use it's showing both volts and

amps as long as these parameters are in

the normal range they will be displayed

in green should one or both become

abnormal the display will change to

amber

the only bus which remains unpowered is

AC bus one

listed on the right side of the ewd in

the memo area are those systems affected

by the loss of AC bus number one at this

point you will clear the electric page

clear electric

normally at this point you will start to

review the ECAM pages relative to the

secondary failures avionics ventilation

hydraulics fuel and flight control pages

however we will bypass the rest of the

procedure since those pages relate to

different systems

you

we will now study the electrical

emergency configuration as there are a

lot of events which happen at the same

time in the aircraft we will present

them in a sequential order let's assume

we are in flight and no previous faults

have occurred

the rat automatically extends if both AC

buses won and to lose electrical power

above 100 knots unless the aircraft is

on the ground

as you can see the first consequence is

that the power supply for the first

officers PFD and nd the captain's Andy

and the lower ECAM is lost the SOPs

recommend in such a case that the

captain will ply the aircraft while the

first officer does the ECAM action

first let's look at the sequence of

events regarding the various electrical

configurations during a rant operation

on the a320

during rat extension battery 1 powers AC

essential through the static inverter

battery 2 powers DC essential directly

the shed buses are not powered

after the rat has extended and the nose

gear is up and locked AC and DC

essential and AC and DC essential shed

buses are powered

on the 320 only when the gear is

extended the rat generator drops offline

and the batteries again power AC and DC

essential the shed buses again are not

powered note on the 319 and the newer

320 s the rat generator remains Howard

even after gear extension down to 125

knots on the ground

on the ground below 100 knots both

batteries automatically connect to the

DC battery bus below 50 knots AC

essential is no longer powered and the

CRTs are lost only DC essential remains

powered providing communication

capability

we will now look at cockpit and ECAM

indications during the emergency

electrical configuration

observe that the red rat and emergency

generator fault light on the emergency

electric power panel is illuminated this

means that the emergency generator is

not yet online

the light has extinguished and the

emergency generator is now supplying the

system

notice that the captain's Andy has been

restored several important items are

restored with the operation of the

emergency generator the captain's nd M

CDU DME ADF and the transponder

the first line on the e/wd deals with

the autopilot to continue with the

procedure you must first clear this line

clear auto flight

read the title of the failure the Red

emergency config title means that you

are in an electrical emergency

configuration

note the red message in the memo for

the ECAM land ASAP both generators have

been lost the only electrical power

available right now is the rat and the

batteries therefore it is recommended

that a landing be made with reasonable

haste

note the minimum speed of 140 knots with

the rat extended below the speed the rat

will stall leading to the aircraft being

supplied by batteries only

the first action is an attempt to reset

the generators

the reset has not been successful before

continuing let's review the ECAM system

should anyone ECAM screen be lost the

priority is to the e/wd let's review how

to access an e camp age when the lower

ECAM is not available

and ECAM page can be displayed on the

upper ECAM by pressing and holding its

associated push-button switch on the

ECAM control panel the switch must be

held otherwise the display will revert

to the engine warning display call the

ECAM electric page

on the electric page note that the

emergency generator supplies the AC

essential bus the essential TR and the

DC essential bus

you

by releasing the ECAM electric

push-button the engine warning display

is again displayed on the upper ECAM

you

because the generator reset was not

successful we must continue with the

procedure

the next item requires us to switch off

the bust I continue ECAM action

switching the bus tie off segregates the

two sides of the system in this manner a

short circuit can be isolated thus

allowing at least one generator to be

reset the procedure then calls for

another reset of the generators

again the reset of the general

has not been successful since the next

steps concern other systems we will stop

here and look at the indications on the

right side of the ewd

notice the amber nav flight control and

auto flight system titles these systems

are also affected by the failure there

related procedures are stacked after the

current one and will appear with the

completion of the emergency

configuration procedure

notice also the secondary failures

concerning cabin pressure hydraulic and

fuel systems there may be other

secondary failures that are not yet

displayed since there is an overflow

indication green arrow we will now jump

to the end of the emergency electric

procedure to show how the secondary

failures can be viewed

the list of secondary failures is

visible since the lower ECAM is not

available you must manually call the

ECAM pages associated with the secondary

failures on the e/wd Preston hold a

related key on the ECAM control panel

ECP in the same way that you previously

called the ECAM electric page

we will now assume that all the ECAM

pages of the secondary failures have

been reviewed when you cleared the last

failure the memo section was restored to

normal

note that there are now five memos that

serve as reminders about systems that do

not normally operate in this manner

in particular the green rat out memo

message confirms that the rat is no

longer stowed and the green emergency

generator memo message indicates that

the emergency generator is supplying the

system

if the rat should stall for example

at low speed during the approach the

emergency generator is no longer powered

and the supply is automatically

transferred to the batteries

note that the emergency generator

indications have disappeared

because the battery discharge current is

high the indications are displayed in

amber

the batteries feed the DC essential bus

and via the static inverter the AC

essential bus note that both buses are

labeled in green indicating that they

are powered

both shed essential buses are

automatically depowered indicated by the

amber shed indications below their

respective buses

you

if a dual electric failure occurs the

rat is automatically deployed during the

rat extension about five seconds the

electrical system is powered from the

batteries the approximate flight time on

batteries only is thirty minutes

if the rat fails to extend a specific

message appears in the emergency

electric procedure telling you to

manually extend the rat on the emergency

electric power panel first raise the

guard

the guard is up now extend the rat

after a rat extension if the emergency

generator is not working the read fault

light stays eliminated on the rat and

emergency generator indicator this

failure causes the aircraft to be

powered only from the batteries the

approximate flight time on batteries

only is thirty minutes

should smoke be detected in the avionics

Bay the amber smoke light illuminates on

the generator one-line push-button

switch a master caution and an e camp

procedure are also triggered

when the generator one-line push-button

switch is pressed generator 1 is

disconnected from AC bus number 1 and is

connected directly to a fuel pumps bus

which powers the number 1 fuel pump in

each main tank

the avionics smoke II can procedure

leads to the shedding of the main buses

in this case the electrical system

configuration is the same as in

emergency except for the fuel pumps

which remain supplied