---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 01/07/17: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:06 AM - Re: Re: wire for mags (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:06:07 AM PST US From: Charlie England Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Re: wire for mags On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Denny Baber wrote: > I agree with the wiring description and it is electrically correct. But > since we have the center conductor attached to the mag, and the mag is > producing the electrical interference, wouldn't it be safer to connect the > shield at the switch end so the shield on the cable follows the plane > ground instead of the mag ground? > > > Respectfully, > Dennis Baber > (305) 814-7218 > baberdk@gmail.com > > Stay Curious > Hi Dennis, Sorry to take so long to reply; for some reason this entire thread ended up in my gmail spam folder. The P-lead shield should *always* be connected to the case of the mag. The mag is the source of the noise, so you're grounding the shield at the ground reference of the noise source. But for me, an even more important point is that the shield is how you turn the mag 'off'; it supplies the ground path to short out the coil of the mag when you turn the mag off. If it has to find its ground path through the airframe back to the mag, what happens if a tech is doing maintenance around the engine and removes the battery negative lead(s)? Depending on how the ground wires are arranged from airframe to battery and from engine to battery, it can leave the mags 'hot' without the tech realizing it (he hasn't touched the mags or mag switches). That can be deadly. There's also some chance that if you route the shield's ground path through the airframe, you may inject the noise into the ground path of other electronics in the a/c, similar to what happens when the strobes' "whoop...whoop" sound is heard in the intercom. Charlie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-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/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-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.