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kboatright1(at)comcast.ne
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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: Electroair/Rose Ignition |
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One option with the Electroair Ignition, used to be a small rectangular display which showed the number of degrees of advance where the ignition was firing. Unfortunately, my display has a wiring problem inside the display and I don't think I have a very good chance of repairing it, although I will try.
No problem, right? Just buy another one... Well, not so fast. They don't sell that unit anymore - apparently, the supplier dried up. So if I can't repair mine, I'm stuck with an oddball hole in my panel (about 1" x 2"). Due to the location of the hole, there really isn't much I can do with the space.
This isn't an operational problem (the system works just fine without the digital readout), but it is an aesthetic problem and I *want* to know how the EI is operating...
Anyway, this leads me to ask:
1) Does anyone have contact information for Jeff Rose? I know he isn't the front man for the business anymore, and may have sold it entirely, but he's been very helpful in the past and might have some insight. The folks currently running Electro didn't have any helpful suggestions when I spoke with them on the phone.
2) Does anyone have an "advance display" they would sell? I'm in the market if the price is reasonable.
Thanks,
KB
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rocketbob(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Electroair/Rose Ignition |
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Kyle, any panel mounted voltmeter will do...this is the one I used:
http://www.marteltesttools.com/products.php?cat=114&action=detail&id=73
This might be a bit smaller than the one you had, but if you look around there are many sizes these sorts of voltmeters come in.
IIRC 10mV = 1 degree advance, you set up the scaling with a resistor network (two resistors which the instructions for the meter specify.) There are a series of jumpers on the back to set it up so there's no decimal point displayed. So, with a voltmeter if it reads .01V, that means 1 degree advance, 0.20V means 20 degrees advance, etc. With the divider network and the jumpers set up correctly, it the display would show 1 and 20 respectively.
Regards,
Bob Japundza
RV-6 flying F1 under const.
On 3/26/07, Kyle Boatright <kboatright1(at)comcast.net (kboatright1(at)comcast.net)> wrote:[quote] One option with the Electroair Ignition, used to be a small rectangular display which showed the number of degrees of advance where the ignition was firing. Unfortunately, my display has a wiring problem inside the display and I don't think I have a very good chance of repairing it, although I will try.
No problem, right? Just buy another one... Well, not so fast. They don't sell that unit anymore - apparently, the supplier dried up. So if I can't repair mine, I'm stuck with an oddball hole in my panel (about 1" x 2"). Due to the location of the hole, there really isn't much I can do with the space.
This isn't an operational problem (the system works just fine without the digital readout), but it is an aesthetic problem and I *want* to know how the EI is operating...
Anyway, this leads me to ask:
1) Does anyone have contact information for Jeff Rose? I know he isn't the front man for the business anymore, and may have sold it entirely, but he's been very helpful in the past and might have some insight. The folks currently running Electro didn't have any helpful suggestions when I spoke with them on the phone.
2) Does anyone have an "advance display" they would sell? I'm in the market if the price is reasonable.
Thanks,
KB
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bobbyhester(at)charter.ne
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: Electroair/Rose Ignition |
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Would it be the same as what Lightspeed offers?
The Simpson digital panel meter
http://www.lsecorp.com/Products/Accessories.htm
Kyle Boatright wrote: [quote] One option with the Electroair Ignition, used to be a small rectangular display which showed the number of degrees of advance where the ignition was firing. Unfortunately, my display has a wiring problem inside the display and I don't think I have a very good chance of repairing it, although I will try.
No problem, right? Just buy another one... Well, not so fast. They don't sell that unit anymore - apparently, the supplier dried up. So if I can't repair mine, I'm stuck with an oddball hole in my panel (about 1" x 2"). Due to the location of the hole, there really isn't much I can do with the space.
This isn't an operational problem (the system works just fine without the digital readout), but it is an aesthetic problem and I *want* to know how the EI is operating...
Anyway, this leads me to ask:
1) Does anyone have contact information for Jeff Rose? I know he isn't the front man for the business anymore, and may have sold it entirely, but he's been very helpful in the past and might have some insight. The folks currently running Electro didn't have any helpful suggestions when I spoke with them on the phone.
2) Does anyone have an "advance display" they would sell? I'm in the market if the price is reasonable.
Thanks,
KB
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kboatright1(at)comcast.ne
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: Electroair/Rose Ignition |
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Nope, different unit. Spendy too. ;-(
But thanks for the suggestion.
KB
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