My understanding was that the “potential
short” was between the Therm-X connector (stud) and the conductive lighting
mesh embedded in the Columbia
wing skin (due to potentially inadequate insulating clearance). Thus, the
issue only related to the installation on those planes.
From: Lancair Mailing
List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf
Of Bill Wade
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:41
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To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Therm-X deice
There was some discussion earlier about deice
systems- I'm interested in the Therm-X system myself. I ran across an AD for
the Columbia
aircraft ( 2006-25-08 ) that mandates rendering the system inoperative
effective 12/21/06. This is to prevent a short at the connector that can damage
the wings and horizontal stabilizer.
There was no mention of this that I could
find on the Kelley website. Even though AD's don't apply to Experimentals,
I expect the equipment supplied by RDDent is similar. -Bill Wade