---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 02/15/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:56 AM - Re: GPU for Piper (icrashrc) 2. 07:57 AM - Re: G1000 on Ground Power (John Markey) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:56:42 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: GPU for Piper From: "icrashrc" You may want to consider a 24 or 28 volt power supply like one of these. http://www.mpja.com/products.asp?dept=3&main=1 Or you could get a pair of 12 volt supplies and wire them in series. http://www.feathermerchantrc.com/ http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=19395 cjensen(at)dts9000.com wrote: > Does anyone know of an (relatively) inexpensive source for a ground power unit (GPU) that can be plugged into the wall that can be used for powering a plane's panel, such as a Piper Meridian or Malibu for doing armchair flying to sort through GPS controls, et al? Piper wants 2-3 thousand, which seems pricey, by not surprising. Surely there is a more man's substitute available? > > > Chuck Jensen -------- Scott www.ill-EagleAviation.com do not archive Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=286520#286520 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:57:16 AM PST US From: John Markey Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: G1000 on Ground Power The Civil Air Patrol flies a fleet of 182T's with the G1000 panel. We have the ability to isolate every device to OFF while using the G1000 via a custom AUX switch for the Garmin suite. - The planes have a ground power receptacle built in, to which we would attach a regular 10 amp battery charger. This works well via an adapter with regular battery clamps - i.e., clamp-to-clamp. You can built a more elegant rigging, I am sure. ------ See Garmin current specs, attached below. We could upgrade/update the gps data set, train on the G1000 and even look at current weather to validate our flight plan for Go / No Go decision making. This is a great luxury to be able to sit on the ground and accomplish all these tasks without turning over the engine. Bob stated that he doesn't recommend this setup. Bob, would you elaborate on any issues that might results from this setup? Best regards, John Markey Deep peace of the Light of the World to you. -------- ------------------------- ---------------- --A Gaelic Blessing Garmin=0A G1000 / NAV III Solid State EFIS SystemFile =0AFormat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick=0A View PFD/MFD Combined Power Consumption. 2.5 A @ 28VDC.=0A 6.0 A @ 28VDC. MFD - Full Overlay Capability ... Garmin G1000=0A (Cessna). Avidyne Entegra (Cirr us) ... www.airplanenoise.com/docs/G1000Guide.pdf=0A - Similar =0A=0A=0A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.