Beach,

I was having a bit of electrical problems with my ship. Why? Because
I wired it.

Last winter, I took it to an avionics shop. They did a great and
professional job. They ripped out all that I had done and did it the
right way. They removed my fuses and installed circuit breakers. I
don't know the type or voltage drop across them. Although I had a
fuse at the battery, they installed one right at the battery connector
on the "ship" side of the connector rather than on the battery side.
Tefzel (sp?) wiring all around, including the radio speaker which had
been just regular old lamp cord. For removing the panel easily, he
installed a "cannon plug" where, with one quick twist, the plug is
loosened and all electrical connections (ok, I think I still need to
go to the back side of the Cambridge 302 and disconnect the
thermocouple and the gps antenna cable) are apart. Very nice!

The glider is Experimental, but I don't think the avionics shop did
anything different because of that.

Since then, I haven't had complaints that my radio sounded bad. I
guess enough volts are making their way between battery and panel to
keep everything happy.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA