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Any electric gurus out there willing to help?
Ever since re-doing the wiring in my DG-300 last year, I get intermittent loud static on my radio. It seems to be connected to whether or not I have ship's power going to my EW MicroRecorder. The odd thing is that I followed the Becker wiring instructions and made sure to use a shielded wire for the connection from the Becker to the remote speaker/PCB assembly. I would love ideas on how to help stop this! Details below - any thoughts, see anything obvious that I'm failing to do? Powered Equipment in the panel: ----- Becker Radio AR3201 Cambridge S-Nav (LCD and quick-response vario) Tasman V1000 Vario B400 (backup vario) EW Avionics MicroRecorder iPAQ 4700 (powered through the MicroRecorder via Goddard DB9f & I38C-1 connectors with ferrite rings at each end) Wiring description: ----- All connections are done with Anderson Powerpole connectors. The battery (mounted behind the seat and appropriately fused) provides power to a central block of connections under the instrument pedestal - via an unshielded ~6-foot run of 18-gauge Tefzel wire. The central block consists of a common power bar and a common grounding bar, both covered with plastic and with Powerpole connectors soldered to them (done by a commercial outfit, not me). From the central block, power is routed through 3 different Klixon Circuit Breakers (one for the Radio, one for the Tasman & EW, one for the B400 & SNAV). From the circuit breakers, the wires route to a block of Powerpole connectors that are joined together to make a "quick disconnect" block so that the instrument pedestal can be easily removed. (NOTE: Anderson powerpole connectors have plastic housings that slide together to form these blocks, but all electrical connections are still distinct and physically isolated from each other). The power wire for the EW route from this quick-disconnect block through a SPST switch (so I can force the EW & PDA to run off their internal batteries if I have a concern about ship's power levels). The B400 also has its power wire run through a 3-position switch to control whether it is off, running on ship's power, or running on its backup battery. The Becker has a simple run of wire from the circuit breaker to the main harness; and from the harness (attached at the back of the transceiver), it runs as a big bundle back to an area behind the seat where the remote speaker & circuit-board are located (this runs through the same flex conduit as the ship's power line - my options for routing are limited). As stated before, the speaker wire in this harness is a single-conductor shielded wire, with the shield being used as the ground. I thought that shielding the speaker wire was all that I needed to do, to isolate it from noise generated by the other systems; but apparently that's not enough. A little help, anyone? Thanks, take care, --Noel |
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