Electrical

Mar 2004 – May 2006 · 36 entries · 180 hours logged

This stuff adds up fast doesn't it?! Wiring, and troubleshooting some electrical gremlins.

Our electrical system Our electrical scheme will follow Bob's AeroElectric scheme Z-12 more or less. We aim to have dual alternators due to the fact that this will be an all elect...
2004
May 2 · 6 hours I managed to get 6 hours in at the hangar today, did 3 hours this morning, went to a birthday party, and then came back for more back breaking punishment. La...
May 3 · 2 hours I finally took a photo of the baggage illumination. It's pretty bright. The small hangar lights were actually on in this shot. I turned all the flourescents...
May 4 · 2 hours Didn't take any pictures today, so I'll post some later. Today I worked on making the second tier terminal strip for the co-pilot side. Once I'd done this, I...
May 5 Yep, no hours. Basically, I went to the hangar, and Mike was there. I was chatting with him for a bit, and then we got Cameron to bring some beers. So, basic...
May 7 · 1 hour Tonight, I wired the flap switch on the panel, and hooked the wires to the co-pilot terminal strips. So, it's all working now from the panel and the pilot st...
May 13 · 2 hours Yesterday, I ordered the standby regulator from B&C. Man, this stuff is adding up. $268! Wow. Then, there's an installation kit too for another $228! Ouch! I...
May 14 · 3.5 hours I got a good amount of time in on the plane tonight, and had a quick beer with Mike afterwards. I spent tonight doing the stick grip side of the connector an...
May 16 · 5 hours Today, I started wiring the back up engine gauges. The primary gauges are part of the Blue Mountain EFIS 1. I decided to daisy chain the power and ground lea...
July 18 · 8 hours Today, I wired in a few more gauges, including the ammeter, manifold pressure, and both fuel gauges. I also fitted the secondary alternator regulator, and wi...
July 25 · 5.5 hours Today I did some more wiring. Wiring, wiring, wiring... When will it ever end? I bet even you're getting bored with it! Today I wired the elevator and ailero...
August 1 · 3 hours After returning from Oshkosh this morning, I got away with slipping down the hangar for a bit! Lucky me! I wired in the supply cables from the battery to the...
August 8 · 9 hours After getting the panel back together, I decided it would be a great idea to start wiring the stack. Hmmm... Where exactly do I start with this mess?!!! I bo...
August 10 · 3.5 hours After work, I stopped by to carry on wiring. Truth be known, I was darting around the plane a bit. I didn't have my camera with me this evening, so Pictures...
August 10 · 3 hours I managed to get to the hangar again this evening, and finished up the wiring to the pilot headset jacks. Lucky I double checked, because I had the mic jack...
August 17 · 2 hours Tonight's hangar visit was a little shorter. I ran the mic wire from the the copilot side to the audio panel, and also attempted to solder on the transponder...
August 28 · 9 hours I did a lot of wiring today, as can be seen by the size increase in some of the cable runs. Steady progress is about the best way to describe the wiring task...
August 29 · 3 hours I went to the hangar today and finished up what I could of the stack wiring. Apart from the ACU, it's complete. All the wires running to the back of the stac...
September 4 · 6 hours I finished up the wiring to the ACU from the radio stack, and also to the E1. That's about it now for the stack.
September 4 · 6 hours I finished up the wiring to the ACU from the radio stack, and also to the E1. That's about it now for the stack.
March 6 · 8 hours Today was a day of electrical work. I started with a mission to try to see if the EFIS 1 would work with the VOR's properly. Turns out, it wasn't gonna happe...
July 10 I also finished up some of the wiring for the audio panel (aux input jack), and the buttons for the AOA pro. These all required soldering, which I wasn't to...
2005
October 23 · 9 hours Well, it's been a long time since I did any wiring! I still have some odds and ends to tidy up in the fuselage as far as wiring is concerned, and I need to g...
October 25 · 3 hours Tonight, I stopped by to carry on with wrapping things up in the Electrical department. First up was to wire the Nav antenna cable out to the wing root. This...
October 30 · 7 hours I spent a bit more time wrapping up electrical stuff inside the cockpit too today. Mostly the trim indicators. Here, I've put some Molex plugs on the indicat...
November 6 · 12 hours I was on a roll today at the hangar. I received the ANL current limiters from B & C, so they have been loosely mounted for now, until I get the correct count...
November 7 · 7.5 hours After getting back from the hoby and electronics stores, I finished the flap position sensor installation and then set about more electrical stuff.
November 9 · 10 hours Today was a day of more wiring. It seems like it takes forever to do, and that you don't see much progress too. I just plodded on. I took a break from the fu...
2006
May 14 · 9 hours One of the many things we did today was try to trouble shoot a couple of issues I've been having with the Aileron trim and the flap position microswitch for...
May 16 · 4 hours I did some more trouble shooting on the AOA flap sensor switch issue today, and discovered that when the EFIS is on, the flap switch works correctly. Hmmm. T...
May 18 · 2 hours Tonight, I continued with wiring inside the fuselage. I threaded the Com 2 antenna cable through the spar, and took it up to the radio stack. I still need to...
May 20 · 8 hours Lots of stuff getting done now! It's all happening fast too. I finally put the connector on the end of the Com2 antenna cable, and connected it to the GX-60...
May 21 · 9 hours I knew we'd forget to take a picture of something today. That something was the EFIS 1 current sensor. I mounted it on the sub panel, just under the glove bo...
May 24 · 2 hours This evening's task was to get started on mounting the EFIS keep alive battery. A good place for this is between the firewall and sub panel near the glove bo...
May 25 · 2 hours This evening, I continued with the keep alive battery tray. I riveted it all together, and drilled the holes for the bolts that will secure the rearward end...
May 26 · 8 hours I recieved a big order from Allied Electronics yesterday, so I could get some more stuff done! I started out putting all the D-Sub hoods on the EFIS connecti...