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Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:28:22 -0500
From: Steve Brooks <cozy4pilot@gmail.com>
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I would be thrilled if I could find two wires switched around.  I've 
double and triple checked all of the connections, and especially on the 
CAS. 
It does sound like you are giving the controller quite a work out.  Your 
scope images are very enlightning as well.

Steve

sboese wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Unless it is doubling as the CAS return, it is hard for me to imagine the
> shield being critical if it is only missing in an area well separated from
> other wires carrying pulses of significant current such as the coil power or
> injector wires. But I'm no expert.
>
> Having extended the wires, the possibility exists that the two CAS signal
> wires have been reversed or exchanged with the CAS return.  I'm sure you
> have already checked this out.  Just for grins, I'll reverse the wires on my
> system and see what the effect is.  I can see Tracy's poor EC2 cringing
> already, wondering what it did to deserve the treatment is gets from me.
>
> Steve Boese   
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
> Behalf Of Steve Brooks
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:45 PM
> To: Rotary motors in aircraft
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Battery Location[FlyRotary] Re: No start after
>
> Steve,
> Thanks for the information. No resolution yet. I gave up yesterday, and 
> watched a little football, then went out to eat with my wife.
>
> Good suggestion with the spare CAS, I can give that a try, perhaps even 
> rig it up somehow to the cordless drill or something.
>
> I had one thought today, while thinking about anything that was 
> different. On the CAS, the shielded wire used to run all the way to the 
> CAS, but in the process of re-routing the wiring, I extended the CAS 
> wires about 12 inches with regular aircraft wire (non-shielded). I am 
> wondering if that is causing the trouble. I was thinking that I could 
> shield it for a test, with aluminum foil, and use a clip to ensure good 
> connection to the existing shield. That should work good enough to see 
> if that short section of unshielded wire is the culprit.
>
> Any opinion ?
>
>
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