Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com
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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: SL30 problems in Phoenix - now I'm back in NC looking for |
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What did you do in terms of getting it fixed? What was the diagnosis?
Bill
On 5/23/2012 3:00 AM, Etandrews wrote:
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My SL30 failed recently - could not transmit or receive. The casing was alot hotter than normal after 30mins use and there was a noticeable burnt electronics smell from the back plugs.
Evan Andrews
VH-OSH flying
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On 22/05/2012, at 3:53 AM, Tim Olson<Tim(at)myrv10.com> wrote:
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> Personally, my advice would be to either have a shop bench
> test it, or take your SL-30 and put it in a known-good
> airplane that uses an SL-30. If your SL-30 was somehow
> blown up by a wiring issue or some other component in your
> plane, it would really make you feel bad to take a fellow
> RV'ers SL-30 and blow theirs up too. But to pull yours
> and stick it into someone elses known-good tray, you'd
> probably not be risking much.
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> Tim
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> On 5/21/2012 11:47 AM, Bob Turner wrote:
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>> Turner"<bobturner(at)alum.rpi.edu>
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>> Bill,
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>> I think there's an easy test for the PMA9000, IF the SL-30 is wired
>> as the #1 com. Just turn it off (push on the volume control knob).
>> The audio panel is "fail safe" and should provide a direct connection
>> between the #1 com and the pilot's headset (pilot only, and left ear
>> only if stereo).
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>> I'm on the wrong coast, or I'd offer to swap my SL-30. If you can
>> find one that's certainly the easiest test. If you can't find one to
>> borrow, you can consider the following:
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>> The "fail safe" test on the audio panel doesn't check the wiring. I'd
>> pull both the SL-30 and the audio panel. Get out the schematics and
>> figure out what pins carry the audio signals between the units. Use
>> an ohmmeter with long probes to reach back to the pins and check
>> continuity, both "high" and "low" side of the audio lines.
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>> Does the VOR side of the SL-30 work? If so, just swap the coax on the
>> back (not so easy, I know). Connect the VOR antenna to the com
>> antenna input, and vice versa. Does the VOR now not work, and does
>> the com now receive? If the answer is yes, then the problem is in the
>> com coax or the antenna. If no, it's the SL-30 itself (assuming
>> you've ruled out the audio panel and audio wiring).
>>
>> -------- Bob Turner RV-10 QB
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>> Read this topic online here:
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>> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=373493#373493
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