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1. 01:16 AM - Best LED color for preserving night vision (James Foerster)
2. 04:15 AM - Re: Wiring harness heads up (Kevin Horton)
3. 06:23 AM - Re: Best LED color for preserving night vision (Ed Holyoke)
4. 06:45 AM - Re: Wiring harness heads up (Benford2@aol.com)
5. 07:11 AM - Re: Best LED color for preserving night vision (Rob Housman)
6. 07:42 AM - Re: Wiring harness heads up (Jim Oke)
7. 07:46 AM - solid state gyro & avionics master relay (KahnSG@aol.com)
8. 10:47 AM - Re: Grounding strobe shield on RV's? (czechsix@juno.com)
9. 11:01 AM - Re: Best LED color for preserving night vision (James Freeman)
10. 11:54 AM - Re: solid state gyro & avionics master relay (Shannon Knoepflein)
11. 12:30 PM - Re: solid state gyro & avionics master relay (John Mireley)
12. 01:20 PM - EXPBUS (owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com)
13. 02:11 PM - Re: EXPBUS (Matt Prather)
14. 02:55 PM - Re: solid state gyro & avionics master relay (John Loram)
15. 06:15 PM - Facet Electric fuel pump ? (BillRVSIX@aol.com)
16. 06:50 PM - Wiring harness follow up (Kevin Horton)
17. 10:43 PM - Fuel Pump (Benford2@aol.com)
18. 10:44 PM - Re: Facet Electric fuel pump ? (John Loram)
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| Subject: | Best LED color for preserving night vision |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "James Foerster" <jmfpublic@attbi.com>
I'm designing a ceiling mounted headphone jack with integral LEDs for cabin
light. It will have both a white LED and another color. Initially, I was
thinking I would use red, but I vaguely recall that the military has
determined that another color, perhaps green, was better as long as this was
kept at a low level. A brief Google search found at least one reference
confirming this vague notion. http://www.corvus.com/kniffen.htm is an
astronomy reference.
I intend to have the LEDs on Bob's dimmer, fed through a 4 volt Zener and
series resistor, as was mentioned recently on this list. Each LED will have
a double throw switch, for full brightness, or for dimmer level power. The
green LED is wired for full voltage as well as dimmer power for those times
when the master is off, and the plane is parked, needing some amount of
cabin light. I will make up a pc board with the connector for the wire
harness. I can find pc mount 1/4 in jacks, but not the slightly smaller
microphone jack. I have not decided whether to use DB9 or DB15 connectors,
or just use FASTON tabs on the pc board.
Anyone have any thoughts on color choice?
Jim Foerster
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| Subject: | Re: Wiring harness heads up |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Kevin Horton <khorto1537@rogers.com>
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III"
><bob.nuckolls@cox.net>
>
>At 09:34 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Kevin Horton <khorto1537@rogers.com>
>>
>>I've just had a bad wiring harness experience that I want to share
>>with you, as it highlights a potential safety problem.
>>
>>I bought my avionics from a popular avionics vendor, and I had him
>>make up the wiring harness. Well, this wiring harness has been a
>>nightmare. Two pins were swapped on the transponder, which meant the
>>transponder and altitude encode wouldn't talk to each other. I
>>swapped the pins and everything is OK there now. On the intercom,
>>the PTT and mic wires were swapped between the Com 1 and Com 2 spots.
>>If I had selected Com 1 to transmit, I would have been transmitting
>>on Com 2, but listening on Com 1. OK, I can fix that. I found it on
>>the bench when I decided to check every wire with an ohmmeter. It
>>would have been a royal PITA to find and fix if I hadn't found the
>>problem until I was doing post-installation functional checks.
>>
>>Well tonight I found the problem that has stopped me in my tracks.
>>The Com 1 power line is supposed to get a 10a fuse, but the wire is
>>only 20 AWG. It needs to be 18 AWG if it is going to get a 10a fuse.
>>If I had simply followed the notes the vendor sent me, and I ever had
>>a short, I could have a smoking wire before the fuse blew. If I use
>>a 7a fuse to match the wire I could be looking at nuisance fuse
>>blowing.
>
> An 20AWG wire would rise 10 degrees C at 7A continuous . .
> which never happens in a transceiver. The 10A protection
> recommended is a bit hefty, a 7A fuse (80+ watts into the radio
> during transmit) would probably be fine too. There was no
> danger imposed by running a 10A fuse in this case, it just
> means that the wire gets a bit hotter before the fuse opens
> but in no way represents a threat to the wire bundle.
>
I appreciate your input Bob. This is a GNS-430, and that "Com" power
wire seems to do more than just power the com transceiver. I didn't
hook it up when I first tried to check the unit out on the bench, as
I didn't have a com antenna, and the complete display remained blank.
Once I hooked the "Com" power line up I was able to bring the whole
unit to life. It drew about 3a just sitting there doing nothing.
Garmin recommends a 10a fuse. I'm hesitant to drop down to a 7a
fuse, as I certainly don't want to set myself up for a nuisance trip
issue. I'm also hesitant to bust the wire size recommendations in
AC43.13-1B - I studied them last night and I can't see a way to
justify a 10a fuse, unless I run this power line outside the bundle,
all by itself. I'll probably get a local avionics shop to replace
the 20 AWG wire with 18 AWG.
Kevin
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| Subject: | Best LED color for preserving night vision |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Ed Holyoke <bicyclop@pacbell.net>
> I'm designing a ceiling mounted headphone jack with integral LEDs for
> cabin
> light. It will have both a white LED and another color. Initially, I
was
> thinking I would use red, but I vaguely recall that the military has
> determined that another color, perhaps green, was better as long as
this
> was
> kept at a low level. A brief Google search found at least one
reference
> confirming this vague notion. http://www.corvus.com/kniffen.htm is an
> astronomy reference.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on color choice?
>
> Jim Foerster
I think that the military prefers green for use with night vision
goggles.
See:
http://www.seitzinc.com/cat_1.htm
http://www.seitzinc.com/cat_2.htm
I'm not sure which color would be better for reading charts. My guess is
red.
Good luck,
Ed Holyoke
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| Subject: | Re: Wiring harness heads up |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Benford2@aol.com
In a message dated 2/5/2003 5:16:34 AM Mountain Standard Time,
khorto1537@rogers.com writes:
>
> I appreciate your input Bob. This is a GNS-430, and that "Com" power
> wire seems to do more than just power the com transceiver. I didn't
> hook it up when I first tried to check the unit out on the bench, as
> I didn't have a com antenna, and the complete display remained blank.
> Once I hooked the "Com" power line up I was able to bring the whole
> unit to life. It drew about 3a just sitting there doing nothing.
>
> Garmin recommends a 10a fuse. I'm hesitant to drop down to a 7a
> fuse, as I certainly don't want to set myself up for a nuisance trip
> issue. I'm also hesitant to bust the wire size recommendations in
> AC43.13-1B - I studied them last night and I can't see a way to
> justify a 10a fuse, unless I run this power line outside the bundle,
> all by itself. I'll probably get a local avionics shop to replace
> the 20 AWG wire with 18 AWG.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
If you have a 430 then you spent a fair amount of money at that unnamed
avionics shop. I am curious ?????? Why not just have them fix this big mess
you have on your bench? Ben Haas. N801BH.
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| Subject: | Best LED color for preserving night vision |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Rob Housman" <RobH@hyperion-ef.com>
It is almost impossible to see everything on a chart (especially all that
stuff printed in the FAA's favorite color: magenta) when using a red light.
Green, however, makes it easy to read the charts.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
Airfarame complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Ed Holyoke
Subject: RE: AeroElectric-List: Best LED color for preserving night vision
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Ed Holyoke <bicyclop@pacbell.net>
> I'm designing a ceiling mounted headphone jack with integral LEDs for
> cabin
> light. It will have both a white LED and another color. Initially, I
was
> thinking I would use red, but I vaguely recall that the military has
> determined that another color, perhaps green, was better as long as
this
> was
> kept at a low level. A brief Google search found at least one
reference
> confirming this vague notion. http://www.corvus.com/kniffen.htm is an
> astronomy reference.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on color choice?
>
> Jim Foerster
I think that the military prefers green for use with night vision
goggles.
See:
http://www.seitzinc.com/cat_1.htm
http://www.seitzinc.com/cat_2.htm
I'm not sure which color would be better for reading charts. My guess is
red.
Good luck,
Ed Holyoke
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| Subject: | Re: Wiring harness heads up |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Jim Oke <wjoke@shaw.ca>
Kevin;
I am sure you have checked the wiring schematic carefully but may I suggest
you look for a duplicated or two line power feed ? Some avionics (the King
KY-97 comm, for one) use two wire power feeds to spread the power going into
the unit over two connector pins for reasons of conductor sizing, etc. The
two leads go back to a single breaker in my case but could go to individual
ones to ensure both wires are protected by a suitably sized breaker. (As
Bob says often enough, the breaker protects the wire not the radio, etc.)
Just a thought. If its a single wire feed, you may be looking at going to a
larger gauge wire as you say.
Jim Oke
Wpg., MB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Horton" <khorto1537@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Wiring harness heads up
> --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Kevin Horton
<khorto1537@rogers.com>
>
> >--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III"
> ><bob.nuckolls@cox.net>
> >
> >At 09:34 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Kevin Horton
<khorto1537@rogers.com>
> >>
> >>I've just had a bad wiring harness experience that I want to share
> >>with you, as it highlights a potential safety problem.
> >>
> >>I bought my avionics from a popular avionics vendor, and I had him
> >>make up the wiring harness. Well, this wiring harness has been a
> >>nightmare. Two pins were swapped on the transponder, which meant the
> >>transponder and altitude encode wouldn't talk to each other. I
> >>swapped the pins and everything is OK there now. On the intercom,
> >>the PTT and mic wires were swapped between the Com 1 and Com 2 spots.
> >>If I had selected Com 1 to transmit, I would have been transmitting
> >>on Com 2, but listening on Com 1. OK, I can fix that. I found it on
> >>the bench when I decided to check every wire with an ohmmeter. It
> >>would have been a royal PITA to find and fix if I hadn't found the
> >>problem until I was doing post-installation functional checks.
> >>
> >>Well tonight I found the problem that has stopped me in my tracks.
> >>The Com 1 power line is supposed to get a 10a fuse, but the wire is
> >>only 20 AWG. It needs to be 18 AWG if it is going to get a 10a fuse.
> >>If I had simply followed the notes the vendor sent me, and I ever had
> >>a short, I could have a smoking wire before the fuse blew. If I use
> >>a 7a fuse to match the wire I could be looking at nuisance fuse
> >>blowing.
> >
> > An 20AWG wire would rise 10 degrees C at 7A continuous . .
> > which never happens in a transceiver. The 10A protection
> > recommended is a bit hefty, a 7A fuse (80+ watts into the radio
> > during transmit) would probably be fine too. There was no
> > danger imposed by running a 10A fuse in this case, it just
> > means that the wire gets a bit hotter before the fuse opens
> > but in no way represents a threat to the wire bundle.
> >
>
> I appreciate your input Bob. This is a GNS-430, and that "Com" power
> wire seems to do more than just power the com transceiver. I didn't
> hook it up when I first tried to check the unit out on the bench, as
> I didn't have a com antenna, and the complete display remained blank.
> Once I hooked the "Com" power line up I was able to bring the whole
> unit to life. It drew about 3a just sitting there doing nothing.
>
> Garmin recommends a 10a fuse. I'm hesitant to drop down to a 7a
> fuse, as I certainly don't want to set myself up for a nuisance trip
> issue. I'm also hesitant to bust the wire size recommendations in
> AC43.13-1B - I studied them last night and I can't see a way to
> justify a 10a fuse, unless I run this power line outside the bundle,
> all by itself. I'll probably get a local avionics shop to replace
> the 20 AWG wire with 18 AWG.
>
> Kevin
>
>
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| Subject: | solid state gyro & avionics master relay |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: KahnSG@aol.com
Has anyone seen the solid state gyro from Crossbow? Here is a link to them.
http://www.xbow.com/General_info/gyro_guide.htm
Does anyone know anything about Tiger Avionics? I installed one of their
avionics master relays in my plane about 16 years ago. I would like to have
some documentation on it. I'm considering taking it out and/or installing an
E-buss now. I believe they were located in Phoenix.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: Grounding strobe shield on RV's? |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: czechsix@juno.com
Hmmm...interesting...a quick survey of the RV List shows pretty much everybody
is grounding the shield only at the power supply end. Funny thing is that some
folks get no noise at all, and others have problems. But the fact that there
are some who do NOT have noise even with the shields connected only at the power
supply end implies that the connection at the strobe head is not critical
for the RV series, and there's something else happening to cause the noise that
some people are experiencing. Given the variety of routing and wiring techniques
used in each individual aircraft it may be difficult to trace the source
of strobe noise...
--Mark Navratil
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
RV-8A N2D firewall forward...
From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <bob.nuckolls@cox.net>
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Grounding strobe shield on RV's?
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <bob.nuckolls@cox.net>
At 03:24 AM 2/4/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: czechsix@juno.com
>
>Bob,
>
>I'm interested in getting the strobe wire shield grounding philosophy
>clarified....understand you recommend for composite aircraft to ground
>the shielding to the strobe head body, whereas on a metal aircraft to
>leave the shield at the strobe head end unconnected. Is that correct?
Yes.
>Now, on the RV series, of course most of the wing is metal BUT the
>wingtip is fiberglass so the strobe body is not mounted directly on the
>metal airframe. So what do you recommend in this case?
Ground the base of the strobe head to the shield . . .
>I think most guys with RV's leave the strobe head end of the shielding
>unconnected but a friend with an RV-8 using this scheme has some strobe
>noise coming through the headset. Have no idea if grounding the strobe
>ends of the shielding would make a difference hence the question (he has
>the power supply end grounded).
Depending on what conditions he is hearing the strobe noise,
grounding the strobe head via shield on wiring may help. Need
more details on kind of noise and conditions under which it
happens. See chapter on noise . . .
Bob . . .
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| Subject: | Re: Best LED color for preserving night vision |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: James Freeman <flyeyes@bellsouth.net>
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:24 AM, James Foerster wrote:
> Anyone have any thoughts on color choice?
>
> Jim Foerster
>
>
HI Jim.
You'd think this choice would be fairly obvious, but then you' d
wrong.... ;-)
I have looked into this a few times and found conflicting
recommendations.
Older literature (and the AIM, last time I looked this up there)
suggest red, and one reason for the sometimes odd color choices on FAA
charts is to make everything at least legible under red light.
It turns out that, although theoretically sound, the color of light
probably doesn't have any significant impact on the eye's dark
adaptation.
A (minor) disadvantage of red light or gauges is that as we age, it is
harder to see red objects up close. This is because red light is a
longer wavelength, and is therefore refracted less strongly than
shorter wavelengths. If you have a need reading glasses and have a
high quality inkjet, try printing some words in the smallest font
possible in red and then adjacent in blue or green. You'll notice that
the green/blue objects can be a little closer and still be sharp.
Blues/greens (shorter wavelengths) will scatter more easily and cause
more glare if you have any opacity or irregularity in your eyes or
correction (e.g. cataracts, astigmatism, dirty lenses, etc.)
The dark adapted eye has its peak sensitivity at a blue-green
wavelength (one of the reasons we are all slightly more nearsighted at
night than during the day)
AFAIK current military fashion is blue-green, but this is for
compatibility with the current technology night vision goggles.
The most important consideration, really, is what you like. I have
owned cars with blue/green electroluminescent gauges and didn't
particularly like them, although they were very easy to read. I
currently have a car with white dash lights, and one with
reddish-orange lights. Both are perfectly functional, but I like the
reddish-orange much better.
Bottom line is, pick what you like, make sure it's pointed at what you
want to be able to read, and make sure the dimmer is effective....
JFF
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| Subject: | solid state gyro & avionics master relay |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Shannon Knoepflein" <kycshann@kyol.net>
The crossbow unit, the 500, is what is supplied with the Chelton/Sierra
EFIS. Despite a few early troubles, I have heard great things about
their latest version. When properly calibrated, accordingly to all the
test pilots at Lancair, it hangs right in there with the laser ring gyro
control unit.
---
Shannon Knoepflein <---> kycshann@kyol.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
KahnSG@aol.com
Subject: AeroElectric-List: solid state gyro & avionics master relay
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: KahnSG@aol.com
Has anyone seen the solid state gyro from Crossbow? Here is a link to
them.
http://www.xbow.com/General_info/gyro_guide.htm
Does anyone know anything about Tiger Avionics? I installed one of their
avionics master relays in my plane about 16 years ago. I would like to
have
some documentation on it. I'm considering taking it out and/or
installing an
E-buss now. I believe they were located in Phoenix.
Steve
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| Subject: | Re: solid state gyro & avionics master relay |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: John Mireley <mireley@pilot.msu.edu>
Shannon Knoepflein wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Shannon Knoepflein" <kycshann@kyol.net>
>
>The crossbow unit, the 500, is what is supplied with the Chelton/Sierra
>EFIS. Despite a few early troubles, I have heard great things about
>their latest version. When properly calibrated, accordingly to all the
>test pilots at Lancair, it hangs right in there with the laser ring gyro
>control unit.
>
>
>
And costs $7,000 without a display. You can get software to drive
your PDA with it..
John Mireley
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by:
Hi all.
I'll soon start on the electric system for my Europa. I'm considering the EXPBUS
from Control Vision to be the "heart" of my system. One of the local veterans
in the field adviced against it however (he has no personal experience with
the EXPBUS though). He said that it looked vulnerable - and, if something would
go wrong with it, it would take a lot of work to trouble-shoot - and most likely
have it sent across the pond for repairs.... With of course a longtime
grounding of the A/C as a result.
Still, I'm leaning towards the EXPBUS - as it must be the simplest and most well
arranged system for the homebuilder. So - to all who has been there, done that:
what's your experience/advice??
Hans
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Matt Prather" <mprather@spro.net>
The exp bus has been discussed at length on the list. Have you read
all of the related messages on the archive? You can do so by following
the link at the bottom of each message. Look for "search".
Regards,
Matt Prather
N34RD
do not archive
> --> AeroElectric-List message posted by:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I'll soon start on the electric system for my Europa. I'm considering
> the EXPBUS from Control Vision to be the "heart" of my system. One of
> the local veterans in the field adviced against it however (he has no
> personal experience with the EXPBUS though). He said that it looked
> vulnerable - and, if something would go wrong with it, it would take a
> lot of work to trouble-shoot - and most likely have it sent across the
> pond for repairs.... With of course a longtime grounding of the A/C as a
> result.
>
> Still, I'm leaning towards the EXPBUS - as it must be the simplest and
> most well arranged system for the homebuilder. So - to all who has been
> there, done that: what's your experience/advice??
>
> Hans
>
>
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| Subject: | solid state gyro & avionics master relay |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: John Loram <johnl@loram.org>
Crossbow is quoting single unit quantities of the AHRS500 at $12,000, and
the less precise AHRS4000 at $7,000. They are working on less spendy two
axis units (without the magnetometer) for around $2000. Whether they'll ever
see the light of day, remains to be determined. They are aware of the
GA/Experimental market and are interested.
-john-
john@loram.org
www.loram.org
-----Original Message-----
From: John Mireley [mailto:mireley@pilot.msu.edu]
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: solid state gyro & avionics master relay
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: John Mireley
<mireley@pilot.msu.edu>
Shannon Knoepflein wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Shannon Knoepflein"
<kycshann@kyol.net>
>
>The crossbow unit, the 500, is what is supplied with the Chelton/Sierra
>EFIS. Despite a few early troubles, I have heard great things about
>their latest version. When properly calibrated, accordingly to all the
>test pilots at Lancair, it hangs right in there with the laser ring gyro
>control unit.
>
>
>
And costs $7,000 without a display. You can get software to drive
your PDA with it..
John Mireley
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| Subject: | Facet Electric fuel pump ? |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: BillRVSIX@aol.com
Hello dose any have any idea how many amps the Facet fuel pump from vans
draws. Working on bus load analysis and need to figure out circuit breaker
size. Thanks
Bill Higgins
Pembroke Ma.
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| Subject: | Wiring harness follow up |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Kevin Horton <khorto1537@rogers.com>
I reported yesterday about some problems I had with the vendor
supplied wiring harnesses that I purchased with my avionics. There
were several pairs of wires that were on the wrong pins, and one
power line was only 20 AWG even though it was supposed to get a 10a
fuse.
I received many e-mails, on and off the lists, so please understand
if I don't respond to each one individually.
Today I called the vendor to talk to him. He was very cooperative
and easy to deal with. He said that his employees are supposed to
"ohm out" each harness, but that something obviously went wrong with
my harness. He offered to take the harness back, personally fix all
the problems, and to give it a complete inspection - no charge.
Power line - I originally was concerned that I could be looking at a
possible smoke event if the 20 AWG power line ever shorted. However,
Bob Nuckolls responded that although a 10a fuse was a bit much for a
20 AWG wire, and the wire would get hotter than desired if it ever
shorted, it should not lead to a smoke event.
I discussed this issue with the vendor. He explained that the Garmin
specified 18 AWG wire requires an extra long pin to make room for a
larger crimp area. In his opinion, this long pin has a real risk of
later shorting out against other wires in the connector. He
discussed the issue with his local FAA folks, and convinced them to
allow him to use 20 AWG wire.
Note - this power line "Y's" to go to two pins, so it should be
possible to use 20 AWG wire from the pins to the Y, and 18 AWG wire
the rest of the way. I didn't think to bring this up with the vendor
while I had him on the phone, but I requested he do this in the
letter I sent with the harnesses.
Many people wanted me to name the vendor, as they seemed to want to
stay away from him. That was not the point of my messages. Even
with the issues I had with my wiring harness I am still glad I chose
the vendor I did. Any vendor can make a mistake. The important
thing is how they deal with the mistake.
My story was intended to advise that wiring harnesses should be
completely checked out on the bench before installing them in the
aircraft. Several of my problems would not have been noticed until I
was doing the functional checks after installation, and it would have
been very difficult to find and correct the problems with harness
embedded in the aircraft. Don't just assume that any vendor supplied
part is good without inspecting it.
--
Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit)
Ottawa, Canada
http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Benford2@aol.com
If I remember correctly the Facet pump needs 1.2 Amps.
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| Subject: | Facet Electric fuel pump ? |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: John Loram <johnl@loram.org>
The A/C Spruce catalog says 1amp max. But I don't know if that's peak or
RMS. I'd call Facet.
regards, -john-
john@loram.org
www.loram.org
-----Original Message-----
From: BillRVSIX@aol.com [mailto:BillRVSIX@aol.com]
Subject: AeroElectric-List: Facet Electric fuel pump ?
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: BillRVSIX@aol.com
Hello dose any have any idea how many amps the Facet fuel pump from vans
draws. Working on bus load analysis and need to figure out circuit breaker
size. Thanks
Bill Higgins
Pembroke Ma.
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