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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    looking good~!

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    Here's the latest update from this weekend. I now have the panel installed and all of the main power & electrical system wiring done. Still to go is headset wiring, engine monitor wiring, complete fuel system rebuild. Good times!


    Here's the main power distribution center. Fuse panel, crowbar overvoltage module and relay for alternator feed, filter cap, etc.



    Here's the back of the main panel location, with the switch panel & wiring routing. I used some adel clamps attached to the bottom edge of the panel to create a nice wire chase path. Keep them from being zip tied to the tube structure under the panel.



    Here's a neat idea for your GPS antenna farm. Since the glareshield is fiberglass, they work just great mounted just underneath the dash cover. Keeps them out of the way and securely mounted.

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    Andy,
    Looks great, I also came to the conclusion that the best place for the GPS / XM weather antenna is just under the glareshield. I put mine on top of the glovebox.
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    I'm thinking I'm gonna send my panel to Andy and let him build it ,..sound lke a plan Andy?

    awesome job ~!!

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    Andy,
    I like the clean design an the flush rivets, I wanted to be able to disassemble mine down to flat so I used button head screws, I like your approach better. Is that a drop-down panel so you can get to the fuses?
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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    Well, as a reformed RV builder I had an entire toolbox of stuff screaming for some flush rivets to be set!

    I struggled with a solution for the fuse panel access. In the end I didn't do anything for it. The door on the right side is just a glove box. Similar to the factory LSA with a push to open latch. As my new setup is so simple, I only have 7 fuses, so I put the block just under the dash on the tray you can see. I can reach it when standing outside on the passenger side. You just have to feel for which one to pull. My intention was never to make them inflight accessible.
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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    I think I am going to do something like this for the panel
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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    Legally, don't they need to be? You may want to check with FAA/DAR or whoever is going to approve the major change.
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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    According to the Aeroelectric Connection, they do not need to be inflight accessible.
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    Default Re: Wiring teardown (or how I destroyed my plane in a weekend)

    Ya, this has been hashed around for years on the RV-Lists. They are not required to be accessible for experimental.

    Since a fuse has a primary job of protecting the wire it's connected to, if it blows, the last thing I want to do is force it back on to see if I can get smoke the second time. I'm day/vfr, I'll land and figure it out.
    Andy Karmy
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