robert7467 Posted May 25, 2025 Report Posted May 25, 2025 Making significant progress on my wiring.. On Pin 60 on the 430 it says to pin to "common" on the altitude encoder. I do not see a "common" pin on the encoder. Where should I pin that?
robert7467 Posted May 25, 2025 Author Report Posted May 25, 2025 Thank you Eric! That's what I thought, but I would rather be safe than sorry! You will probably hear a lot of stupid questions from me as we go through the rest of the panel. If its not 100% clear to me, I am just not going to assume
MikeOH Posted May 25, 2025 Report Posted May 25, 2025 1 minute ago, robert7467 said: Thank you Eric! That's what I thought, but I would rather be safe than sorry! You will probably hear a lot of stupid questions from me as we go through the rest of the panel. If its not 100% clear to me, I am just not going to assume I'm going to be harsh: If you didn't know the answer to this question you really shouldn't be doing this yourself without supervision. How are you planning to get the install signed off? If you have an A&P that is supervising/signing off, why aren't you asking him? The next owner is going to wonder how the avionics were installed if there is no logbook entry.
robert7467 Posted May 25, 2025 Author Report Posted May 25, 2025 6 minutes ago, MikeOH said: I'm going to be harsh: If you didn't know the answer to this question you really shouldn't be doing this yourself without supervision. How are you planning to get the install signed off? If you have an A&P that is supervising/signing off, why aren't you asking him? The next owner is going to wonder how the avionics were installed if there is no logbook entry. Well, Its been a long journey. I installed my last panel with the help of an avionics guy. I put in a Garmin 420, KX 165, GMA 24, PS Intercom, Sandel 3308. Fast forward a few years later, I purchased a 430W, GMA345, GFC 500, 2 GI-275's to upgrade my panel. 5 Years ago, my avionics guy/Garmin dealer told me to strip everything out of the plane and we will work on it together and we will have it done in 2 weeks. If anyone knows the avionics guy in OB, he was notorious for stuff like this. 4 years later, he passed away. The guy that took over his shop, passed away 2 months after the fact. So my scenario is there are no avionics guys in KOLV, the shop in MS quoted me $25k to finish things up and we don't have that kind of money at the moment. Even if we did, we still couldn't ferry the plane to him with it being stripped down. The solution: I found a guy nearby that will mount the servos, inspect everything and sign off on my work. The plan is, get everything wired up, then the new avionics guy is going to inspect, then we will ferry to his shop. I am very confident with making wiring harnesses. This new avionics guy is doing me a favor and I don't want to bother him with questions. These guys are really busy and its takes a lot of focus to do what they do. The install will be legit, paperwork will be properly signed off and everything will be professionally configured and tested before I ferry the airplane. Here are some pics from my last install. I pinned every wire, and cut the panel myself. What I learned from last time is to make the harness longer, in case I want to add something later on, I can just pin it in the plane. And I am also using lacing for bundling 1 1
robert7467 Posted May 25, 2025 Author Report Posted May 25, 2025 56 minutes ago, MikeOH said: UGH! What a story! Good luck! It really sucks.. I loved my avionics guy on a personal level and he was a good friend. He just overcommitted and left a lot of planes grounded upon his passing. Now the KT76A, Alt Encoder and is all wired up! On this one, I just had one question. As stupid as it sounded, I would rather clarify if its not 100% clear to me.. 1
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