X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nm4.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com ([98.139.44.131] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with SMTP id 4963014 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:26:56 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=98.139.44.131; envelope-from=bobperk90658@bellsouth.net Received: from [98.139.44.97] by nm4.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2011 03:26:22 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.73] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2011 03:26:22 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1010.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 May 2011 03:26:22 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 588865.93168.bm@omp1010.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 75550 invoked by uid 60001); 1 May 2011 03:26:22 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1304220382; bh=EalFLtYc5h/Ya8b0nvq4ynFVWW+m5hUc1e6tY8Kv4lw=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=1BvLEKhTM1DDXAW7P0GLZz/kb0c7hZ1K92hI/IDe+sd455zLKfNMB8IVXf0aY+YI7Clz3F6Cffx7+5iUSpKaJdoUG47yNSw16thXlV0FvGSP0b3QDr7G2POysfGaKVg5eWyQUt3sW3l1B3XadVzHCDeydEtVMtAZQ5laZXaIiVE= DomainKey-Signature:a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=bellsouth.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=tg5pMtGJkoevNypVkMU3jNHAYvVitxqzTP4A6PtlFTfy+VLHgmtR52gU0qDv/txg2YjyxvVWKdt1S8C0MJqQV+LzNsbT3QB4kjnKVVagC/ZDJdqzEbIojE0ICMdM9iBZ9uYOpBFlJIaq7PLY00hICBllMzOxJ8fLkKFEqO3575g=; Message-ID: <192641.38704.qm@web180301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: b8kAQIEVM1kNllnLnU1eM31EK4x45nMoWMN8w8XrJQq6Z6t 2sRYlE0ym0OhHuEOLskAK9FssHnbtZP9o0VbL2sjaLUVcACKwYkvn6i8ZQTn B8VNcqghCo4Hctfb4KjKDyKKToDu0cOmI23evw1pWX6gcTBvBBj1T1hOS_6d 5rcsFjEZCAJAzH5sPcluc1IGS5sMzIOz2QxDA7o7U3gI4vpsoaU4ujF2dx1S 2MKpfExOvc1VoFXBPsqU2NGDhv3vqtZNwySIV87IbTvCj9b2w941hjFMl2r5 20nCR8tOLNvazrj7k5BCXlueXoQN41FTB3ByVkMIe1VOjadyCza.71U1kt.g k0Kh0E2XclYo- Received: from [74.240.239.179] by web180301.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:26:21 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/559 YahooMailWebService/0.8.110.299900 References: Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:26:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Perkinson Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Can you say "Bad wiring"? To: Rotary motors in aircraft In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-1112161021-1304220381=:38704" --0-1112161021-1304220381=:38704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cut the guy some slack, he may have been blind. Doing that by touch takes some skill. Just saying! Bob Perkinson RV-9 13B ________________________________ From: Ed Anderson To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 4:08:49 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Can you say "Bad wiring"? I have a customer that has two of my E/PMag electronic ignition monitors (Electronic Ignition Commander- EIC). He never installed the first one before he purchased the second one (two aircraft) - love that kind of customer. But, he was having a fit getting my EIC unit to communciate over the Rs232 ports with these electronic ignition units. Not being the electronics type, he had hired a technician to wire up a plug an harness for him. After several days in which we found and solved other wiring issues, the customer found the pins to one plug as shown in the photo. It was naturally shorting out the serial comm when the excess wire poking out of the pins touched. I would say he should find another technician {:>) But, thought I would show the group the pins of this poorly wired plugs (can you say "electrical short"?) - so you can feel even prouder of your "amateur" skills {:>) Ed Edward L. Anderson Anderson Electronic Enterprises LLC 305 Reefton Road Weddington, NC 28104 http://www.andersonee.com http://www.eicommander.com Your message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: ECI-feilen Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. --0-1112161021-1304220381=:38704 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Cut the guy some slack,  he may have been blind.  Doing that by touch takes some skill.

Just saying!
 
Bob Perkinson
RV-9 13B


From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 4:08:49 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Can you say "Bad wiring"?

I have a customer  that has two of my E/PMag electronic ignition monitors (Electronic Ignition Commander- EIC).  He never installed the first one before he purchased the second one (two aircraft)  - love that kind of customer.  But, he was having a fit getting my EIC unit to communciate over the Rs232 ports with these electronic ignition units.
 
Not being the electronics type, he had  hired a technician to wire up a plug an harness for him.  After several days in which we found and solved other wiring issues, the customer  found the pins to one plug as shown in the photo.  It was naturally shorting out the serial comm when the excess wire poking out of the pins touched.  I would say he should find another technician {:>)
 
But, thought I would show the group the pins of this poorly wired plugs (can you say "electrical short"?) - so you can feel even prouder of your "amateur" skills {:>)
 
 
Ed
 
Edward L. Anderson
Anderson Electronic Enterprises LLC
305 Reefton Road
Weddington, NC 28104
http://www.andersonee.com
http://www.eicommander.com
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