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Old 07-17-2013, 09:33 AM
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Great.
I'm not looking forward to electrical wiring, so I'm very interested in anything that makes it simpler. I'm still at least a year away from starting the electrical system, have already decided for the VP-X (and dynon) and you can count me in to buy this new box when reaching that stage.
Keep good things coming at us ;-)
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Old 07-17-2013, 09:58 AM
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Default Oh, Yeah...

Please make it work for the 10!

I would also love to see the ability to use a prox key, like the Infinity cars. A key code lock would also work...

Rv-10, rv-10, rv-10.....

Hurry!
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Old 07-17-2013, 10:03 AM
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Yes, we definitely want to make it work for the -10!

From an email:
Q: I'm build an RV12 as amateur built. Will this unit work with mainly light sport aircraft using the Rotax built-in alternator?

A: We are looking at an LSA version of this with lower circuit protection values for LSA - somewhere around 30 amps vs 80 amps on the b-lead and main bus.
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Old 07-17-2013, 10:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Paule View Post
How much will it weigh, and how does that compare to what it's replacing?

Thanks,
Dave
Dave,

At this stage we don't have any hard numbers, but here's what we know now:

weight of contactor rig (shown on first page of this thread): 3 lbs

estimated weight of PPS: 2 lbs
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Old 07-17-2013, 11:00 AM
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Default Not sure...

We're installing the VP-X pro, and I have to say, I like that product a lot.

This one, though, wouldn't help us much. By the layout of the connections and the feedthrough it has made a lot of assumptions about which side of the firewall certain things are on. In our case (A Cozy Mk-IV) those assumptions are wrong. We have our batteries and contactors on the cold side of the firewall, and there are feedthroughs for alternator and starter.

Add to that that the flexibility of the separate contactors and whatnot allows us to have twin batteries, and we can feed the main bus from either one.

Don't get me wrong, I think there is an opportunity here, but maybe the details don't work for all installations. The cold side of our firewall is a mess of #4 cables to accommodate three contactors, two batteries, one forest of tabs, three feed-throughs (alternator, starter, and the ground lug). This could be cleaned up a lot with this new product, but the feed-throughs would be all wrong for us.

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Old 07-17-2013, 01:51 PM
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Default Mounting point

Make the four mounting points go through the unit with steel sleeve for drilling.
That way you only have to find the two drill points for the cable pass through.

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Old 07-17-2013, 02:01 PM
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Default solid state relays

Looks nice - which relays are you considering?
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Old 07-17-2013, 02:29 PM
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The system is all our own design - we are not using third-party relays.

We now have a draft INSTALLATION MANUAL with wiring diagrams on our web site here. (scroll down to the PPS section)
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Old 07-17-2013, 03:34 PM
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Gotta say, this appears appealing.

Dave
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Old 07-17-2013, 03:38 PM
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Default Need one:)

I think this is one of the coolest things to come along in a while. We're talking minutes instead of hours to install.

Get this thing happening!!! I'll do everything I can on the new plane to hold off until this is out.

Can't wait to see it at Oshkosh.
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