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09-19-2011, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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smoke in the cockpit
just approaching the western sierras when a certain little safety unit sitting on my glare shield began spewing smoke. very unsettling. mains off. pulled the unit down. hot as a pistol and plastic deformed. repaired at my expense (out of warranty). so, keep an eye on those little dash mounted devices...
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09-19-2011, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Charlotte NC
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What type of device? Zaon?
George
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09-19-2011, 05:22 PM
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yep that one
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09-19-2011, 07:45 PM
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So let me get this straight...
A device that was purchased to save your life almost caused an in-flight fire, you had it repaired AND you continue to fly with it?
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Last edited by N941WR : 09-19-2011 at 08:16 PM.
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09-19-2011, 08:03 PM
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We are all lucky more of this kind of thing does not happen more often.
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09-19-2011, 10:39 PM
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XRX. Yep, that's a bit of irony isn't it!
I do like the unit but this was unsettling. I was a little perturbed to have had to pay for the repair given that it could conceivably have sunk me.
I will definitely be keeping a close eye on it hence forth.
This incidentally is the second smoking electrical equipment issue I've experienced. The first was a smoking Garmin 430 some years back.
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09-19-2011, 10:46 PM
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probably worth taking a good hard look at what likely caused it, how it's powered, and how its power wires are protected
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09-19-2011, 11:22 PM
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I'm told a capacitor in the audio circuit fried.
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