---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 09/13/10: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:32 PM - Airworthiness Cert Received (ruruny@aol.com) 2. 06:42 PM - Bad Fuseblock? (Dennis Johnson) 3. 10:09 PM - Re: Re: Mouser Packaging (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:32:10 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Airworthiness Cert Received From: ruruny@aol.com To my friends on all the Matronics lists that have helped me in many ways over the years. Some of you I have met in person, so many that I have never met but have been with me through this project since 2002. I just want to say thank you for the encouragement, help, sound advice, in formation, photos, drawings, parts, ideas, techniques, web sites, lessons learned, stories, debates, Scotchbrite advice,humor and especially the fr iendships. Many of you don't even know how much you've helped, but your contribution and presence on the lists have been a tremendous help. Yesterday, I had my inspection completed and received my airworthiness cer tificate. I'm surrounded by many experienced pilots at Spadaro Airport in Long Island, NY to help me through the next phase of this adventure/dream/crazy idea. Thanks Matt Dralle for making it all happen he re. I especially want to thank these people from the lists. Zenith-list- Zenith601 list- Zenith701801 list Robert Pelland, Geoff Heap, George Race, Johann G(Iceland), Jon Croke,Chuc k Deiterich, John Marzulli, Zed Smith, Larry Martin, Ben Haas, Gary Liming , Tommy Walker, Larrt McFarland, Bud Spudis, Keith Ashcraft, Bill Naumuk, Ben Rambler, Max Johnson, Ken Szewc, Gary Gower, David Downey, Mike Brown , Frank Hinde, Scott Laughlin, Michel Therrien, Mark Townsend, Jeff Davids on, Jay Bannister, Bill Steer, Craig Payne. Kitfox-List Noel Loveys RotaxEngines-List Roger Lee Thom Riddle Gilles Thesee Ron Parigoris Aeroelectric-List Bob Nuckolls Jeff Dalton Vern Little Brian K Unruh Long Island, NY http://www.701builder.com Brian K Unruh Long Island, NY http://www.701builder.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:42:48 PM PST US From: "Dennis Johnson" Subject: AeroElectric-List: Bad Fuseblock? Last week while flying my Lancair Legacy, one of my two "glass cockpit" screens went dark. The two screens are redundant, so continuing the flight was no problem. When I landed and back in the hangar, I replaced the fuse, hoping for the cheap and easy fix. Surprisingly, it seemed to fix the problem. Although the fuse I removed still looked good, the screen powered up normally with the new fuse. However, after about five minutes, I happened to touch the joint where the power wire connects to the fuse block and it was almost too hot to touch. I figured I had a bad crimp on the Fast-On connector that attaches to the tab on the fuse block. I cut it off and tested it with my VOM. But I couldn't find any problem with it. I soldered a new piece of wire to replace the part I cut off and crimped a new Fast-On connector. I guessed that the fuse for some reason hadn't formed a gas-tight connection and removed and replaced it a number of times to burnish off the corrosion. I replaced the fuse and it now worked perfectly. The fuse block, the ATO fuse, and the Fast-On connector were all name brand. The connector was Amp PIDG. There was no heat damage visible on the connector, which looked perfectly good. And tested perfectly good. The screen takes 2.0 amps at 14 volts and is fused at 5 amps. I have 350 hours and 3.5 years flying time on the airplane. Anybody have a better hypotheses than the "internal corrosion between the tabs of the fuse and the fuse holder?" The fuse block is under the glareshield and protected from the elements. Thanks, Dennis ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:09:20 PM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Mouser Packaging At 03:48 PM 9/12/2010, you wrote: > >In January 2008, I ordered several edge card connectors as well as >two 4 foot lengths and one 8 foot of shrink tubing from >Newark. Guess what? The order was shipped in 4 boxes; a separate >box for each length of shrink tubing. I was charged $25.51 shipping >for a $19.43 order (total $44.94). Did you talk to them about it and if so, what did they do for you? 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