Tim Navickas <[email protected]> writes: > Clay and All, > > Interesting that you sent me this email. I was up until midnight last night > trying to get my system to work. I replaced everything and experimented > with everything. Out of frustration I replaced my switch with an identical > one. I did not expect this to make any difference. I attempted to fire an > ematch, in my office next to my bedroom. Guess what, it fired! Scared the > heck out of me and woke up my wife. I moved outside and fired several more. > I am pretty confident my system works now. I will however investigate other > switches. I use the 110/220 rotary switch. Does anyone have any > suggestions for a better one?
Clay and Tim -- awesome debugging guys. I've never heard of a switch failure like that, and I also use the 110/220 rotary switches quite often. Definitely will be testing things more completely in the future. And, I'll remember this for future when people have trouble like this. For those with TeleMetrum v2.0, TeleMega or EasyMini boards, you can actually test the system with a dead short across the igniter terminals. If it survives that (and also lights an LED or other simpler test), it'll definitely fire an igniter. The new boards all have a "failsafe" firing circuit which is designed to prevent any igniter issues from causing power problems for the rest of the board. > Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and their equipment to help. I > look forward to flying Saturday, assuming the weather cooperates, and > watching this thing work. I am flying a backup altimeter just in case > though. I love having a backup when there's room. Have a great time flying! -keith
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