---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 01/09/10: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:00 AM - Re: Adding an antenna to improve on the ground reception? (al38kit) 2. 07:54 AM - Re: Busbar Protection Coating (speedy11@aol.com) 3. 08:14 AM - Re: Busbar Protection Coating (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 4. 11:56 AM - Voyager flight software group formed (Ron Quillin) 5. 02:05 PM - Re: Battery Equalizers (D Fritz) 6. 05:17 PM - Re: Battery Equalizers (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:00:05 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Adding an antenna to improve on the ground reception? From: "al38kit" IFR DEPARTURE Expedite Your IFR Clearance. Use the new FS21 dedicated IFR Clearance Delivery Telephone Number (888-766-8267) when departing IFR from a non-towered airport that does not have a remote communication frequency. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=280792#280792 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:54:39 AM PST US From: speedy11@aol.com Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Busbar Protection Coating That's what I did - no issues so far. Stan Sutterfield Do not archive I was thinking about coating my bus bars with heat shrink and just cutting away where I wanted to tie in ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:14:02 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Busbar Protection Coating At 08:00 PM 1/8/2010, you wrote: > > >For those of you using bus bars instead of fuse blocks... What are >you using to protect against inadvertent grounding and the sparks >that are sure to follow? I was thinking about coating my bus bars >with heat shrink and just cutting away where I wanted to tie in, but >I had second thoughts since if it did spark the heat shrink could be >a good combustible to get a fire going under my panel. Any >thoughts from anyone are appreciated. This is not done in light aircraft. Seldom done in the larger airplanes. I've often hypothesized a teachable moment by offering anyone their choice of tools to crawl under the panel of a light airplane and then pry, bend, pound or twist on any part of the airplane in an attempt ground fault a bus bar. As an example, here's the back side of a breaker panel in a Bonanza: http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Breakers/Breaker_Panel_Busing_0.jpg http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Breakers/Breaker_Panel_Busing_1.jpg http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Breakers/Breaker_Panel_Busing_2.jpg Bus structures in other light aircraft are similarly 'exposed'. On the forward side of the firewall we find this: http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Wiring_Technique/A36_Firewall_A.jpg http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Wiring_Technique/A36_Firewall_B.jpg Lots of potential for arcs and sparks . . . assuming that anything under the cowl is so poorly secured as to become a risk. While cosmetically pleasing, the dressing of bus bars doesn't reduce risks but it does distract you from what is probably more useful expenditure of $time$ on your project. Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:56:00 AM PST US From: Ron Quillin Subject: AeroElectric-List: Voyager flight software group formed Of interest may be a new yahoo group for those using Seattle Avionics "Voyager" flight software just formed this week by a Garmin GNS480 user that also uses Voyager. Voyager_FPS_Users@yahoogroups.com http://www.seattleavionics.com/Products.aspx SA has both subscription based and free products, and customer support from SA monitors the group and has replied to questions. Ron Q. ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 02:05:27 PM PST US From: D Fritz Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Battery Equalizers Thanks Bob,As I mentioned, it'll be a while before I can get back to work on the Velocity, but when I do, I'll report whether I decide to maintain the center-tap scheme or not and how well it works if I do. Dan ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:17:34 PM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Battery Equalizers At 03:16 PM 1/9/2010, you wrote: >Thanks Bob, >As I mentioned, it'll be a while before I can get back to work on >the Velocity, but when I do, I'll report whether I decide to >maintain the center-tap scheme or not and how well it works if I do. Very good! Hope your project doesn't have to languish too long! 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