Audio panel wiring
I didn't have any real goals when I went out to the shop tonight and kinda spun my wheels for awhile but started to tackle the headset/microphone wiring that goes into the back of the audio panel. By 10:00 I had pretty much finished it. Couple of notes here....
1) Make sure you label everything.. especially after you cut the label off on wires that had extra length. I was about to hook up what I thought was the copilot mic wires and realized that wasn't what I had in my hand.
2) Leave extra length to allow panel to be pulled out! It just dawned on me this morning on the way to work that I didn't leave ANY extra length in the wiring to allow the panel to be pulled away some. This could prove to be a big mistake but one I'm not going to correct as it would require pulling lots of new wire.
3) Pay attention to what wires go to what pins on the tray. MOST of the time when a pair of wires connect to a tray the pins are close to each other. Every now and then they slip in connections that are on opposite ends of the connector, such as my pilot headphones! I had to cut the end off and extend one of the wires.
I finished up the evening by crawling into the baggage compartment and replacing the stereo headset jacks with mono versions. (Everything is mono so it just made sense to stick mono jacks in...) Of course, working in the baggage compartment with a hot soldering iron was fun! I only flinged hot solder on my legs 3 times...
(Time: 3 Hours)
1) Make sure you label everything.. especially after you cut the label off on wires that had extra length. I was about to hook up what I thought was the copilot mic wires and realized that wasn't what I had in my hand.
2) Leave extra length to allow panel to be pulled out! It just dawned on me this morning on the way to work that I didn't leave ANY extra length in the wiring to allow the panel to be pulled away some. This could prove to be a big mistake but one I'm not going to correct as it would require pulling lots of new wire.
3) Pay attention to what wires go to what pins on the tray. MOST of the time when a pair of wires connect to a tray the pins are close to each other. Every now and then they slip in connections that are on opposite ends of the connector, such as my pilot headphones! I had to cut the end off and extend one of the wires.
I finished up the evening by crawling into the baggage compartment and replacing the stereo headset jacks with mono versions. (Everything is mono so it just made sense to stick mono jacks in...) Of course, working in the baggage compartment with a hot soldering iron was fun! I only flinged hot solder on my legs 3 times...
(Time: 3 Hours)
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