Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:38:07 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r09.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.105] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1243529 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 May 2002 08:03:05 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-r09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id q.13.bc29de3 (3842) for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 08:02:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <13.bc29de3.2a1b9165@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:02:45 EDT Subject: LNC2/LEG2 Gear Electraulics! X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10500 Oops! I made another mistake. The power is not straight off the battery, but off the master relay. The text diagram should have been: Battery+ | Master relay contact->main bus | 50/60 amp circuit breaker | 20 awg | 8(10?) awg 5 amp fuse motor relay's power "contacts" | | | Up/Dn Sw Up Contact->I Down Contact->I I=Indicator | | | | Presr Sws Motor up Motor down | | Up Dn relays Protect Indicator circuit with diodes (no backfeed) and inline fuse. Wiring or re-wiring this circuit is trivial. I have an Essential bus system, 17 circuit breakers, 20 automotive fuses (in a block), several "in-line" automotive placed apppropriately and a hidden one in my autopilot. The fuses deal with circuits which should not be re-activated whilst in the air should they blow. My motor breaker is on the center console, under my forearm - not it the back as Lancair "suggested" - remember John Denver. It was very easy to wire the relay circuit by putting the inline fuse under the glove box, powered off the motor breaker. Do whatever you want, but there have been countless gear problems that end up being relay failures due to the way Lancair has them wired and the operator's failure to do whatever was necessary to remove power to them. Remember that if you pull the motor breaker, there is no power for the indicator light to come on and show that a relay has been activated. The proper and safest way to isolate the electraulics system is to use one device to remove all the power. It is worth the effort to change it. Those of you building Legacies, make sure you wire the gear system properly! Scott Krueger PS Webster didn't define "Ebonics" until it be having widespread use in California.