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There haven't been any updates on Bob's OVM-14 Mk III overvoltage protection module since Feb 2024 so I took a look at it to see what I could do. I found some minor things that might have been proble ...

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The subject of switching an airplane's antenna between a panel-mounted VHF comm radio and a handheld backup has been discussed here several times in the past, with no good solution (at least none that ...

I'll second the recommendation for the Ideal Industries StripMaster tool. You can buy one tool and multiple sets of dies to strip most common wire gauges.

Here are the part numbers and gauge range ...

That depends on what you're feeding through the diode (how much current it has to carry), and your tolerance for installation hassle. Generally speaking, you want something in a physically robust pac ...

Have you looked at Bob's newest electrical architecture, Z-101B?

http://www.aeroelectric.com/PPS/Adobe_Architecture_Pdfs/Z101B.pdf

This is his current state-of-the-art for an electrically depend ...

That MSD noise filter is almost certainly a Nippon ChemiCon U36D series capactor (like [url=https://www.digikey.com/short/52pftq70]this one) with a red shrink-wrap over it and the price wildly inflate ...

The AeroElectric-List landing page loaded OK, but when I tried to click through to this thread, I got the error again. One reload attempt brought it up this time.

Matt, I've been seeing a lot of "phpBB : Critical Error" messages lately when viewing the AeroElectric-List web interface. Repeated forced-reloads will sometimes cause it to load, but it's ...

Unidirectional high voltage diodes like the CL01-12 in your oven, when paired with the HV capacitor, form a voltage-doubler that raises the transformer's ~2kV output to ~4kV to drive the magnetron. T ...

Stencils!
Amen. For one-off and prototype projects, I cheat and use a hot plate to reflow...
A good and basically free alternative to a hot plate is to put some fine sand into an old frying pan and ...

Those Chinese T-962 reflow ovens are well known in the hobbyist community for having hot and cold spots, sometimes poor internal wiring, and for not following [url=https://www.ipc.org/TOC/IPC-7801.pdf ...

I have no idea what brand of PIDG Alcor used. The ones I purchased look identical.
[url=https://www.te.com/usa-en/products/brands/pidg.html?tab=pgp-story]PIDG (Pre-Insulated Diamond Grip) is a tradem ...

There's a good alternative to Deutsch connectors. Amphenol make exact duplicates of the entire range of Deutsch parts. Every component is entirely interchangeable with the equivalent Deutsch parts a ...

Lucky catch on the backwards footprint. It all looks dandy to me now.

I'd be very interested to read what you have planned for temperature testing.

I had a PCB screw-up recently too. I failed ...

Jeff, what do you want to control with the S700-2-10, and how do you want it to work?

The S700 switches are not progressive. It's anyone's guess what the -2-50 actually is, as there's no option fo ...

Any assistance with making sure it wasn't a foggy day at this end is appreciated.
It looks to me that the layout matches the schematic perfectly. Just a few comments to offer:
Suggest not placing ...

Link returned a "400 Bad Request" error.

Try this: https://amz.run/7DJO

And, if you need to stand the wire bundle off from the structure, just cut a short length of rubber hose (1/4" ID works well) of exactly the length you need. Pass the zip tie through the rubber ...

How funny -- we were both working on this at the same time.

Here's what I came up with. LED is off under normal ops and illuminates if a phase goes missing.

-Eric