jliltd
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Update: Solved. See Post #7 Below.
Installing a new EarthX ETX680 battery in place of an Odyssey PC680 on a buddies RV-8. The new EarthX EXT battery has a signal wire coming out of it to send fault codes to either a panel warning LED light or an EFIS/MFD glass panel via discreet code input.
Currently the RV-8 has a newly installed 10" Garmin G3X Touch GDU 465 and a Vertical Power VP-X solid-state switching bus system.
Has anybody wired the EarthX signal wire to either directly to a Garmin G3X GDU 46x or via the GEA 24 or through the VP-X to the G3X warning system? Is either a good option for fault annunciation? If so how was the discreet input configured?
Or should we cop out and stick to the separate simple idiot light on the panel?
Thanks,
Jim
P.S. On a related note, has anybody mounted their EarthX EXT680 battery sideways or lying down? The EarthX site says they can be mounted in any orientation. Since the new EarthX lightweight custom battery box requires top insertion it would interfere with the RV-8 engine mount tubes if installed upright on this aircraft. I have done the F Atlee Dodge Enersys SBSJ-16 (Odyssey PC680) STC modification for a Cessna 180 and the instructions have the battery oriented at a 45 degree angle for the same reason. I figured that would be a good solution for this particular RV-8.
Installing a new EarthX ETX680 battery in place of an Odyssey PC680 on a buddies RV-8. The new EarthX EXT battery has a signal wire coming out of it to send fault codes to either a panel warning LED light or an EFIS/MFD glass panel via discreet code input.
Currently the RV-8 has a newly installed 10" Garmin G3X Touch GDU 465 and a Vertical Power VP-X solid-state switching bus system.
Has anybody wired the EarthX signal wire to either directly to a Garmin G3X GDU 46x or via the GEA 24 or through the VP-X to the G3X warning system? Is either a good option for fault annunciation? If so how was the discreet input configured?
Or should we cop out and stick to the separate simple idiot light on the panel?
Thanks,
Jim
P.S. On a related note, has anybody mounted their EarthX EXT680 battery sideways or lying down? The EarthX site says they can be mounted in any orientation. Since the new EarthX lightweight custom battery box requires top insertion it would interfere with the RV-8 engine mount tubes if installed upright on this aircraft. I have done the F Atlee Dodge Enersys SBSJ-16 (Odyssey PC680) STC modification for a Cessna 180 and the instructions have the battery oriented at a 45 degree angle for the same reason. I figured that would be a good solution for this particular RV-8.
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