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Topic: Melted battery contractor ground wire |
DougW
Replies: 20
Views: 10589
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:09 pm Subject: Melted battery contractor ground wire |
Frank,
The only way you are going to melt that wire is likely with a direct short
between positive and negative battery voltages. Most likely candidates for
that occurrence is a mis-wired switc ... |
Topic: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
DougW
Replies: 17
Views: 8888
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 3:58 pm Subject: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
A little late getting this info (had said last Thursday but didn’t go to the airport until today), but here goes:
I have a SIRS floating magnetic compass mounted on top of my glareshield in ... |
Topic: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
DougW
Replies: 17
Views: 8888
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 3:33 pm Subject: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
Chris,
Thanks for the feedback on your experiment. Out of curiosity, I have a D10A
out of the panel - I was going to place it near my glareshield mount
magnetic compass today to see if it produc ... |
Topic: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
DougW
Replies: 17
Views: 8888
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 5:02 pm Subject: Magnetized Dynon D100 Display |
Chris,
Just a thought here - have you tried to place the D100 near other compass
indicators to verify that the D100 is indeed magnetized? (The compass on
your iPhone (if that is what you have) i ... |
Topic: Grounding |
DougW
Replies: 2
Views: 1575
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:38 pm Subject: Grounding |
I would think you proposal would work electrically but I doubt that I would ever buy a plane wired as you propose.
Why? Maintenance. If one of your gauges stops working, how will you determine ... |
Topic: Repair of Apollo GX65 |
DougW
Replies: 1
Views: 1470
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 2:18 pm Subject: Repair of Apollo GX65 |
Jurgen,
Am responding to this previous inquiry prompted by your latest. The first inquiry below gave no information as to what tests, research, etc. that was conducted to verify the radio sectio ... |
Topic: Positively Negative (-) ? |
DougW
Replies: 11
Views: 5880
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:26 pm Subject: Positively Negative (-) ? |
Also a good thought Charlie. Now I am confused 😉
Doug
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Topic: Positively Negative (-) ? |
DougW
Replies: 11
Views: 5880
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:25 pm Subject: Positively Negative (-) ? |
Dick, thanks for the tip. Have attached the newly created PDF versions.
Doug
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Topic: Positively Negative (-) ? |
DougW
Replies: 11
Views: 5880
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:19 pm Subject: Positively Negative (-) ? |
Bob,
Thank you for your comments. I have attached some JPEG images of my relevant schematics. The originals are .ODG drawings (can’t figure out how to transfer to PDF). I hope these may h ... |
Topic: Positively Negative (-) ? |
DougW
Replies: 11
Views: 5880
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:51 pm Subject: Positively Negative (-) ? |
This comment may not be relevant as I am not aware of the engine installation. I have a single alternator dual battery configuration with batteries aft and 2 AWG cables between the batteries and fire ... |
Topic: Butt Splice on Main Alt B Lead |
DougW
Replies: 9
Views: 3834
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:50 pm Subject: Butt Splice on Main Alt B Lead |
Don’t know if these butt connectors would be of use here, but I am curious what Bob thinks. This URL goes to a Summit Racing site and shows that application. Looks pretty slick to me.
From ... |
Topic: ADS-B Ground Plane Question |
DougW
Replies: 4
Views: 4758
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:13 am Subject: ADS-B Ground Plane Question |
Charlie,
I recently installed a vertical monopole antenna on the belly of my Glastar (haven’t had a chance to test it yet). The instructions for the antenna specifically said NOT to use a circ ... |
Topic: Pitot Heat Ground |
DougW
Replies: 21
Views: 14531
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:26 pm Subject: Re: Pitot Heat Ground (edited) |
Bob,
This has been a rather lengthy thread. Being somewhat confused by various elements
of the discussion, and as a recent acquirer of the Dynon heated pitot, I decided
to look at the latest inst ... |
Topic: Pitot Heat Ground |
DougW
Replies: 21
Views: 14531
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Forum: AeroElectric-List Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:26 am Subject: Re: Pitot Heat Ground |
Bob,
This has been a rather lengthy thread. Being somewhat confused by various elements of the discussion, and as a recent acquirer of the Dynon heated pitot, I decided to look at the latest instal ... |
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