---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 05/07/13: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:03 AM - Large fuselink (Andy Plunkett) 2. 01:42 PM - Intermittent power supply issue (Linda Walker) 3. 02:34 PM - Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored boxes (Sacha) 4. 03:26 PM - radio noise (bob noffs) 5. 03:46 PM - Re: radio noise (Ken Lehman) 6. 06:25 PM - Re: Large fuselink (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:33 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Large fuselink From: Andy Plunkett I own a Glastar, built by someone else, that has the battery behind the baggage bulkhead. The builder ran 14awg wires connected directly to the battery and powering the Electroair ignition and fuel injection boost pump. I need to add a fuse link to these wires. Can I build the links using the same method as described in the document located in Bobs archives, as long as I size them up to the appropriate rating? I already have the fiberglass tubing material leftover from my Glasair project. I figured I could just use an 18awg wire for the link. Andy Plunkett Glasair N466DM (sold) Glastar N34ND (rebuilding panel) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:42:46 PM PST US From: Linda Walker Subject: AeroElectric-List: Intermittent power supply issue I have a Long-EZ with the Z13 11/01 architecture. It has been running fine for 5 years but now an intermittent power supply i ssue has arisen. The Garmin 530 and GTX 330 run off the endurance bus and have been going of fline recently: the transponder more frequently but the 530 nav/com/gps has the "power off" screen come up and then power seems to reestablish itself and then all is fine with the radio for a while. The VMS1000 engine instrumentation display also comes off this bus and the volt sense has recently been showing 12.7 to 13.7 volts. Bypassing the bridge rectifier now has the voltage showing 15.1 to 15.4 vol ts and then flashes the volts display. I am about to go through the LR3C troubleshooting guide, but wondered if an yone has any bright ideas as to what may be occurring? Patrick Elliott, England. G-LGEZ. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:34:01 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Garmin GNS430 goes into setup mode - screen with colored boxes From: Sacha Today I resoldered one of the wires on my GNS430 connector (it was the RS232 Out 1 wire which had mistakenly been connected to the wrong pin, which is w hy my GNS was not communicating with my Trio ProPilot) and when I put everyt hing back and powered up the GNS430, I got a strange startup screen with lot s of concentric colored boxes. The unit appears to startup in SETUP mode be cause when I turn the right dial I get the other setup screens. But no matte r how many times I try it will not startup normally. I have posted some pics to give you an idea of what I see. The screen that i ntrigues me is the Main Diagnostics screen which appears to have "Unrecorded exceptions", whatever that means. Does anyone know what this behavior indicates? Is it broken in some way? Can someone who has a GNS430 start it up in setup mode (press the ENT button wh ile turning it on) and tell me if their Main Exceptions screen looks like mi ne? TIA for your help! Sacha ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:26:08 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: radio noise From: bob noffs a few days ago i posted about my noise problem and a few said it sounded like squelch.i have an icom i200 and as far as i can tell there is no way to adjust squelch. anyone know anything about this radio? is there an internal adj.? bob noffs ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:46:22 PM PST US From: "Ken Lehman" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: radio noise My i200 has a couple of adjustment screws on the circuit board if you open the case. You want the one labelled "squelch". Mine also needed tweaking for satisfactory operation. Ken > > > a few days ago i posted about my noise problem and a few said it sounded > like squelch.i have an icom i200 and as far as i can tell there is no way > to adjust squelch. anyone know anything about this radio? is there an > internal adj.? bob noffs > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 06:25:17 PM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Large fuselink At 09:02 AM 5/7/2013, you wrote: > > >I own a Glastar, built by someone else, that has the battery behind >the baggage bulkhead. > >The builder ran 14awg wires connected directly to the battery and >powering the Electroair ignition and fuel injection boost pump. > >I need to add a fuse link to these wires. Can I build the links >using the same method as described in the document located in Bobs >archives, as long as I size them up to the appropriate rating? > >I already have the fiberglass tubing material leftover from my >Glasair project. I figured I could just use an 18awg wire for the link. > Just an inline fuse holder will be fine. Rate the fuses for 2x the max current draw of the ignition systems. https://matronics.com/aeroelectric/Catalog/WPFH-1s.jpg Do you KNOW what that current level is? 14AWG wire is obscenely oversized for this application. 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