At 21:48 02 May 2006, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:

To say that it can feed 3 or more devices seems a bit
far fetched.

It depends on the current that the 196 can deliver
and the demands of
the devices. The output from the 196 may be such that
the higher demand
of two devices is dragging the voltage down to a point
where the EW
believes the 196 to be disconnected.

Incidentally, the 196 is not on the list of approved
GPS engines, so
cannot be used for Badges. See:
http://www.fai.org/gliding/system/files?file=ew.pdf

Tim Newport-Peace

'Indecision is the Key to Flexibility.'


Agreed Tim, However the Garmin 90 says the same thing
as the 196 for outputs and it is the same connector
ect ect. It just seems odd that the 90 works and the
196 doesn't. They don't give an output quantity other
than '3 devices' ie ma, va, v, w or any other electrical
means of quantity. They both have the same pin arrangment
and it is not affecting the SN10 file. I use the ew
to claim flights in the OLC as the SN10 is not accepted
by them, but thats another story I have temporaily
set up the 90 to power run the ew alone but lost sundays
flight due to low batteries in the 90.