---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 05/15/17: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:10 AM - Re: P-leads (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 2. 03:23 PM - Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug (Rebel56) 3. 03:38 PM - Re: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug (Rene) 4. 03:54 PM - Re: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug (C&K) 5. 05:45 PM - Re: P-leads (John Keen) 6. 07:30 PM - Re: P-leads (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:10:34 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: P-leads At 02:18 AM 5/14/2017, you wrote: >Hi Bob, > >I have an engine with the Bendix dual magneto. >It came without P-leads, so I=99m wondering >whether they are something I can fabricate or if >I will need to purchase them complete? I have made these things. They're not hard to duplicate but you do need a lathe and the right taps for the cap threads. I may still have a 3/8-32 tap around here somewhere. I forget the thread size for the larger cap. Didn't need to make that one so didn't acquire the tap. The materials are not critical. I cut the contact from brass rod, the cap from aluminum rod and the insulator from delrin rod. All that stuff was laying around and the tap was readily available in Wichita so it wasn't a big time-buster project. I've lost the sketches I made for dimensions. You would need to have access to manufactured parts to acquire the dimensions. I'll have to check with my buddy in K.C. to see if that part is still flying on his Mooney. Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:23:02 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug From: "Rebel56" Obviously I have not grounded something properly, but I am at a loss. I have two cigarette lighter plugs wired into my aircraft. They are to provide power to my iPad on longer flights. I have noticed that whenever I have the iPad plugged in I get some static when I receive a transmission. Otherwise the radio is quiet. Not sure what to make of this. Why is it only on receiving? I would think that if it was a ground issue, I would have the static all the time. If there is nothing plugged into the power plug, I have no issues at all. Any ideas as to what I should check first. Rebel56 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469330#469330 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:38:13 PM PST US From: "Rene" Subject: RE: AeroElectric-List: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug It is the iPad power adapter. Lot of discussion on this and other boards about good and bad adapters. I have played with a couple and found one that was better than the others......but my kids keep stealing and moving them. I just live with it and only plug in the iPad when I need it. Rene' 801-721-6080 -----Original Message----- From: owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rebel56 Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 4:22 PM Subject: AeroElectric-List: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug Obviously I have not grounded something properly, but I am at a loss. I have two cigarette lighter plugs wired into my aircraft. They are to provide power to my iPad on longer flights. I have noticed that whenever I have the iPad plugged in I get some static when I receive a transmission. Otherwise the radio is quiet. Not sure what to make of this. Why is it only on receiving? I would think that if it was a ground issue, I would have the static all the time. If there is nothing plugged into the power plug, I have no issues at all. Any ideas as to what I should check first. Rebel56 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469330#469330 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:54:22 PM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power plug From: C&K When you receive a transmission, the radio opens the squelch which means that it now also receives any weak signals that are present but too weak to open the squelch by themselves. Ken On 15/05/2017 6:35 PM, Rene wrote: > > It is the iPad power adapter. Lot of discussion on this and other boards > about good and bad adapters. I have played with a couple and found one that > was better than the others......but my kids keep stealing and moving them. > I just live with it and only plug in the iPad when I need it. > > Rene' > 801-721-6080 > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-aeroelectric-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Rebel56 > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 4:22 PM > To: aeroelectric-list@matronics.com > Subject: AeroElectric-List: Radio static when using 12 volt lighter power > plug > > > Obviously I have not grounded something properly, but I am at a loss. > > I have two cigarette lighter plugs wired into my aircraft. They are to > provide power to my iPad on longer flights. I have noticed that whenever I > have the iPad plugged in I get some static when I receive a transmission. > Otherwise the radio is quiet. Not sure what to make of this. Why is it only > on receiving? I would think that if it was a ground issue, I would have the > static all the time. > If there is nothing plugged into the power plug, I have no issues at all. > > > Any ideas as to what I should check first. > > Rebel56 > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469330#469330 > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:45:03 PM PST US From: John Keen Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: P-leads Many thanks to everyone who's replied, fortunately I have access to the mate rials and original parts as patterns so I think I'll have a go at matching t he terminal parts. Pretty sure we'll have a suitable tap here somewhere. Cheers, John. John Keen 0412 141 833 > On 16 May 2017, at 00:08, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote: > > At 02:18 AM 5/14/2017, you wrote: >> Hi Bob, >> >> I have an engine with the Bendix dual magneto. It came without P-leads, s o I=99m wondering whether they are something I can fabricate or if I w ill need to purchase them complete? > > I have made these things. They're not hard to > duplicate but you do need a lathe and the > right taps for the cap threads. I may still > have a 3/8-32 tap around here somewhere. > > I forget the thread size for the larger cap. > Didn't need to make that one so didn't > acquire the tap. The materials are not critical. > > I cut the contact from brass rod, the cap from > aluminum rod and the insulator from delrin rod. > All that stuff was laying around and the tap was readily > available in Wichita so it wasn't a big time-buster > project. > > I've lost the sketches I made for dimensions. You > would need to have access to manufactured parts > to acquire the dimensions. I'll have to check > with my buddy in K.C. to see if that part is > still flying on his Mooney. > > Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:30:21 PM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: P-leads At 07:43 PM 5/15/2017, you wrote: >Many thanks to everyone who's replied, fortunately I have access to >the materials and original parts as patterns so I think I'll have a >go at matching the terminal parts. Pretty sure we'll have a suitable >tap here somewhere. Good show! Send us some pix of the finished product! I got my 3/8-32 off eBay as I recall, I think I paid more for it than this http://tinyurl.com/lwav9l3 I think I'm recalling that the larger p-lead nut on the dual point mag was 7/16-28 Bob . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.