August 8, 2004

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 bought the stack used from TBE. This was the first time they had any Apollo stuff, and they were amazed by the demand for it. Unfortunately, the tray didn’t make it with the SL-30, and they gave me an applicable discount to buy a tray. So, I tracked one down form a company in Ohio. I think they were having a sell everything we have sale, because they asked if I wanted them to prewire a bunch of trays for my stack. I declined, and they sent this huge bundle anyways! It looks like a good starting point, so I’m going to try to use what I can from it. Basically, the plugs are all crimped, cables marked and long enough to practically reach anywhere in the plane. All I have to do is figure it out!

I started with the Com portion of the stack. So, here I have Com 1 wired to the audio panel, and I’ve started to wire Com 2. This was about as far as I got before I had to call it a day. It was a pretty late night. Looks like I have A LOT of wires going to ground on the audio panel, and only one measly little crimp pin to go to. So, I guess I end up making a fancy splice with loads of wires coming together before going to the pin with one 18AWG wire.