---------------------------------------------------------- RV-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 03/29/18: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:07 PM - Bendix/King KLX-135A support (vanremog@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:07:26 PM PST US From: vanremog@aol.com Subject: RV-List: Bendix/King KLX-135A support Just FYI, I have found that the Bendix/King KLX-135A is obsolete and no longer supported by Honeywell. A few years ago Honeywell forbid avionics shops from repairing their units and required everything to go back to the factory in Kansas. Now they don't want to deal with them at all. Since there are many of these units in our RVs, it's going to be a major bitch when they all start going T/U at some point. The other similar units Garmin GNC-250XL and GNC-300XL are also obsolete. Some the KLX-135A's issues are it needs battery replacement every 5 years or so, LCD displays start to bleed out and power supply filter capacitors dry out. The first two issues can be dealt with, but Honeywell refuses to sell their LCD panel P/N 043-00083-0000 to anyone but their dealers. It interfaces to the Main Board using two elastomeric connector strips and looks easy enough to do. Southeast Aerospace (SEA) is seemingly the only currently viable source for repair and fortunately Laurie is very helpful. Honeywell was distinctly unhelpful. The internal battery is Tadiran TL-5135/P available from Digikey and the capacitors are commonly available items. The LCD display panel is the same one used in some other Bendix/King GPS units, so it should remain available for years to come at the current list price of $380 to SEA. As previously mentioned, I have a bound hard copy of the Maintenance Manual should anyone ever need schematic or component info. Southeast Aerospace 1399 General Aviation Drive Melbourne, Florida 32935 USA Laurie Burgess Shop Administrator E: laurie.burgess@seaerospace.com T: 321.255.9877 Ext. 266 F: 321.255.1438 www.seaerospace.com -N1GV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV-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/rv-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv-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.