Larry Flesner wrote: > If that's the design, I'd certainly want a VERY RELIABLE "one" > switch. Is that the switch that failed on Mark (on the ground, > thankfully) that kept him from making the California trip?
Yep, so I replaced it with an identical new Otto switch, also supposed to be good for 25,000 cycles at 16A at 28V, which failed while flying back from SNF a few months later. Since it's a DPDT (double pole double throw) switch, there was a fresh unused pair of poles available at a flip of the switch, and the prop didn't even even spin down before it fired back to life again. A bi-color LED next to the switch was my instant clue...when the bright green LED went out at the same time the ignition quit. I've since replaced that DPDT switch with a much higher quality Honeywell DPDT relay rated at 15A at 250VDC. That story is at http://www.n56ml.com/n891jf/panel/index.html#switches, with pictures of the fried contacts (and the pristine ones). The overall electrical system layout and schematic are at http://www.n56ml.com/electrical/index.html . Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
