New GNS 530 getting very hot - Is this normal ?

[Roy N5804F[_1_]]

We just had a complete refit of our Piper Archers avionic stack and
collected it from the avionic installers.
We had a two hour flight back to our base and the new equipment performed
very well.
The only issue, is that the 530 got really hot and I wondered what
experience others have the GNS530 ?
I have asked the installers if this is normal.

So does your GNS530 get really hot ?

Thanks for all input,

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Roy
Piper Archer N5804F

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[jbskies]

Roy N5804F wrote:
> So does your GNS530 get really hot ?

Yes. When I touch the black frame over the GNS530 after a flight. You
can feel the heat. It is kind of hot. My GNS530 has been installed
for over 6 years, never had problem.

jbskies

[Doug Vetter]

Roy N5804F wrote:
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> So does your GNS530 get really hot ?

Yes, and it's normal. It's a result of the backlighting. At night when
I manually turn the backlighting down to 250 or so, the face of the unit
is cool to the touch.

-Doug

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Doug Vetter, ATP/CFI

http://www.dvatp.com
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[Peter R.]

Roy N5804F > wrote:

> So does your GNS530 get really hot ?

You may want to ask your avionics tech to investigate this to see if there
is anything that can be done to reduce the heat. Last year I discovered
my Garmin transponder, a GTX330, was getting too hot to touch and I
mentioned this to a local shop tech.

They took a look behind the glare shield and discovered that my avionics
cooling fan had one more available port so the hooked up a hose from the
fan to the transponder. In doing so, they were able to significantly
reduced the heat thrown off by the unit.


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Peter