Switch and dimmer pots..

EAA Chapter meeting first thing in the morning, got to see a Rotec radial engine and Kitfox project. I think I'll drop Lycoming and install a radial in the RV!

I stopped by Ray's on the way home to have him help me wire the led-tipped switch I bought to use as a GPS/NAV switch. That took 45 min.

Next stop on the way home was at the upholstery people's house. I found a local retired couple who does upholstery to cover the foam I ordered. Had a nice chat with them. We've picked out the material, foam should arrive on Monday.

Back in the workshop.. and it's 2:30 already. I fussed with some rubber stoppers and headphone jacks as a quick-disconnect option for the passenger stick. Quit about and hour later... need to rethink this a bit.

Wired up the new nav/gps switch and installed in panel.







(You can see the resistor soldered in place on the switch to drop the voltage down to 2 volts for the LED.)

Mounted the 4th dimmer pot that will control the instrument dimming. I installed it next to the avionics dimmer pot, which required me to relocate it a bit. I created a little 'cover' to hide the hole. (Bill's idea. It came out a bit crooked.. I may have to fix that.. it will bug me.)



I also tested the wig-wag circuit on my landing lights... and it works great!

I mounted the CDI to see how well the connector is going to fit on the back.. it isn't. I'll have to drill a hole in the sub-panel directly behind the CDI and fish the wires through that, which means I'll have to take all the wires out of the db connector first and then put them back in.

(Time: 4 Hours)