REFLECTOR: Its Alive!

[Richard J. Gentil]

Just a quick update on BMA. My power board was one of the first of not 
the first production 70a versions. It did turn out to be that BMA had 
used the wrong Capacitors.

They were really good about it and turned the board in under a week. I 
sent it to them on Monday and I had it back by Friday. I installed it 
Friday and connected the Landing, Nav, and Stobe Lights, the Power Board 
worked great with everything turned on at once. (The only thing left to 
test is the Pitot Heat.)

If anyone is thinking of using a BMA Power Board, it does work well and 
makes connecting all the avionics a breeze and does help have a clean 
instrument panel since you get to eliminate a lot of CBs.

Richard

Richard J. Gentil wrote:
> Hi Lou,
>
> The two guarded switches are for the E-MAG and P-MAG. I connected the 
> guards backwards so that when they are closed, the mags are on and 
> when they are open the mags are off.
>
> I did not want someone to inadvertently hit one of the guarded 
> switches and end up shutting off one of the mags.
>
> Richard
>
> stedmanlou at adelphia.net wrote:
>> --Looks great Richard. What are the two protected switches just below the EFIS?
>> Lou Stedman
>> LEZ N9EC
>> Olean, NY
>>
>> ---- "Richard J. Gentil" <richard at naples-air-center.com> wrote: 
>>   
>>> I installed the instrument panel a week ago Friday and fired it up this 
>>> last Friday. It only took four fittings to get the panel to fit, which I 
>>> consider to be very lucky. My only problem was getting clearance for the 
>>> 25 pin plug on the back of the EFIS/Lite +. I am thrilled with the way 
>>> it came out after installing the panel. I attached a picture of the panel.
>>>
>>> While wiring in the, (what seems to be an endless number of), 
>>> connections, I found that the new 70a Power Board from BMA had the wrong 
>>> capacitors on it. The slow trip connections go instantly offline when 
>>> you connect a landing light or pitot heat to it. I had to pull the power 
>>> board and send it back to BMA.
>>>
>>> My plan was to run the pitot heat, landing light (GE 4509), nav, and 
>>> strobes off the power board. After this issue, it caused me to think 
>>> about this again. I was wondering if anyone else is using the BMA Power 
>>> Board with those items connected to it?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>     
>>
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