One year the person who performed the annual on my 7 reinstalled a pair of the plug leads to the LSE on top reversed.
That's spooky. Does anyone know of a good way to label plug leads to help prevent this?
A lot easier than crawling under the panel.
Don't forget SureFly....Either a standard mag or a nice six cylinder pMag fits the bill. Carl
I learned this the hard way, troubleshooting an issue with my CPi2 and needed to check pin seating integrity (issue turned out to be improper magnet gap between flywheel and sensor, builder error all along). Access was much more difficult than I thought it would be. Using wire solder splices, the controls unit was migrated from the infamous forward bay to a better spot under the right front seat where access is absolute once the seat is pulled.
That's an interesting idea. I'm hoping to use a CPI2 for one of my ignitions. Is the under-seat location the best in your opinion? Or just better based on your other installations?
I would think the "best" location would be on the sub panel, but there are so many other remote components that also want to go in that location, it may be difficult to find the space. Second best, on the backside of the subpanel, but far more difficult to get to or another location like Bill found, under the seat.That's an interesting idea. I'm hoping to use a CPI2 for one of my ignitions. Is the under-seat location the best in your opinion? Or just better based on your other installations?
A lot easier to not have an ignition system with boxes, cables and stuff scattered around. Either a standard mag or a nice six cylinder pMag fits the bill...Carl
FWIW:
Mine is mounted upside down under the second bay, easily accessible especially if you pull one of the Dynon screens out of the way. Lots of room and options with today's remote components.
Finding the "best" location for all the remote components is a challenge. DSub connectors make those small boxes twice as big. And then some small boxes have DSub connectors on 2 sides so the panel space needed is 3x the size of the box. Then all the boxes are different sizes with different hole pattern making stacking a challenge. And then DSubs with screw ends rather than thumb screws are another challenge. All that said, mounting remote components is so much easier than back in the day when everything was so so long they required cutouts in the subpanel.
Dynon, on the certified side, has some trays that fit behind the EFIS. A concept that could be adapted to any brand EFIS and easy enough to roll your own. It adds to the options in the quest to find the "best" location for everything.
Finding the "best" location for all the remote components is a challenge. DSub connectors make those small boxes twice as big. And then some small boxes have DSub connectors on 2 sides so the panel space needed is 3x the size of the box. Then all the boxes are different sizes with different hole pattern making stacking a challenge. And then DSubs with screw ends rather than thumb screws are another challenge. All that said, mounting remote components is so much easier than back in the day when everything was so so long they required cutouts in the subpanel.
Dynon, on the certified side, has some trays that fit behind the EFIS. A concept that could be adapted to any brand EFIS and easy enough to roll your own. It adds to the options in the quest to find the "best" location for everything.
I find it curious to see the ADHRS module included in this arrangement. Surely there's a lot of magnetively-attractive metal in that stack. Seems like it would impact mag heading sensing.
I like that tray concept. Looks like it would be fairly easy to build one. Another interesting option is one I have seen others do--install a horizontal tray at the base of the panel, supported between the panel and the middle bulkhead, and hinged so it swings downward. This only gives you one level though, where the tray concept allows stacking.
Am I the only one that thinks this thread has had a major bit of drift??