SMA HAS ELECTRICAL FAILURE. MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR.

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AFTER A NORMAL RUNUP AND TKOF; I PUT THE GEAR INTO THE UP POS. A FEW SECONDS LATER; THE PLT/PAX IN THE R SEAT SAID TO LOOK AT THE RADIO DISPLAYS; THE SEGMENTS OF THE DISPLAY WERE FADING AND DISAPPEARING. VERY QUICKLY; THE DISPLAYS WENT OFF. WE HAD A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN SINCE WE WERE CLOSE TO THE ARPT; SO I PUT THE GEAR SWITCH INTO THE DOWN POS. SINCE THE LIGHTS HAD LITTLE OR NO PWR; THERE WAS NO INDICATION. NEXT I WENT THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE PROC TO NO AVAIL. WE LEFT THE AREA TO TRY TO RECOVER THE ELECTRICAL PWR. USING THE WRITTEN PROCS IN THE MANUAL TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING; WE WERE UNABLE TO RECOVER ELECTRICAL PWR. WE THEN ELECTED TO MAKE SURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN USING A MANUAL EXTENSION. SINCE I NEVER DID IT BEFORE; I PUSHED THE HANDLE UNTIL I THOUGHT IT WAS AT THE END OF TRAVEL. USING A PORTABLE ACFT TRANSCEIVER; WE CONTACTED A FRIEND WHO ALERTED MORRISTOWN TWR WE WERE COMING IN. AT MORRISTOWN; THE TWR COULDN'T HEAR US; BUT WE COULD HEAR THEM AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE WANTED A LOW PASS. WE DID A LOW PASS AND TWR ADVISED US THAT THE GEAR WAS SLANTED. I TRIED THE MANUAL EXTENSION AGAIN; PUSHING HARDER AND TWR TOLD US ON SECOND PASS THAT GEAR APPEARED DOWN. WE LANDED NORMALLY. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY REPAIR SHOP SHOWED INTERMITTENT MASTER SWITCH; WHICH WILL BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY.