The ONLY 3rd party add-on aircraft I own and use that feature with, is the Flight1 Cessna Mustang. It did not get installed in FSX after my last full reinstall of FSX, that I did last year. The following image is of the way I have left it in FSUIPC. It is one the first things I checked BEFORE I came in here to say it wasn't happening to me anymore, since the time I first reported it (my original post).

So yes. I am sure it is not checked and in use. ;)

NOTE: I forgot to say that I am not using the electric_always_avalable=1 either. This is all that is in my [electrical] section of the aircraft.cfg file:

[electrical]
max_battery_voltage = 24.0
generator_alternator_voltage = 30.0
max_generator_alternator_amps = 400.0

Mark

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