WX Works setup

I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice
little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

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Thanks for posting. Still looks like a lot of wires!
I'm curious, what runs off the inverter and needs AC? I would have thought
that everything in the box would run off of 12 volts (though probably not off of 24
volts depending upon what plane they're in).
Max T, MCFI

Paul Tomblin wrote in message ...
I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice
little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I think it's a beautiful day to go to the zoo and feed the ducks.
To the lions.
-- Brian Kantor

In a previous article, "Max T, CFI" said:
Paul Tomblin wrote in message
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

Thanks for posting. Still looks like a lot of wires!

There's only one "wire" coming out of the box, which branches off to the
USB port on the laptop, to the ships power (cigar lighter) and the single
antenna mount.


I'm curious, what runs off the inverter and needs AC? I would have
thought that everything in the box would run off of 12 volts (though
probably not off of 24 volts depending upon what plane they're in).

If I'm reading the pictures correctly, I think that rather than attempting
to engineer a DC supply for the WX Works reciever that works directly off
the ships power, he's run the ships power into the inverter and plugged
the WXWorx "wall wart" power supply into that.

Somebody willing to cut wires and make their own power supplies could
probably make it much smaller, but I think one of Dave's goals was that he
could take the expensive stuff like the WxWorx receiver out of the box and
have it be as good as new.

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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of
tapes hurtling down the highway.
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If I'm reading the pictures correctly, I think that rather than attempting
to engineer a DC supply for the WX Works reciever that works directly off
the ships power, he's run the ships power into the inverter and plugged
the WXWorx "wall wart" power supply into that.

Somebody willing to cut wires and make their own power supplies could
probably make it much smaller, but I think one of Dave's goals was that he
could take the expensive stuff like the WxWorx receiver out of the box and
have it be as good as new.


I am pretty sure the WxWrox unit runs on DC power. At least the one in my
friend's plane is plugged into the cigarette lighter.

In a previous article, "JerryK" said:
If I'm reading the pictures correctly, I think that rather than attempting
to engineer a DC supply for the WX Works reciever that works directly off
the ships power, he's run the ships power into the inverter and plugged
the WXWorx "wall wart" power supply into that.
I am pretty sure the WxWrox unit runs on DC power. At least the one in my

Yes, that's why he has a 9 volt DC power supply plugged into the inverter.

As I said already.


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to prevent their being killed.
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In a previous article, "JerryK" said:
If I'm reading the pictures correctly, I think that rather than
attempting to engineer a DC supply for the WX Works reciever that
works directly off the ships power, he's run the ships power into
the inverter and plugged the WXWorx "wall wart" power supply into
that.
I am pretty sure the WxWrox unit runs on DC power. At least the one
in my

Yes, that's why he has a 9 volt DC power supply plugged into the
inverter.

As I said already.



What the H@(( is it???? can someone point me to a primmer??? I googled for
pages & pages with no understanding.



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completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "JerryK" said:
If I'm reading the pictures correctly, I think that rather than
attempting
to engineer a DC supply for the WX Works reciever that works directly
off
the ships power, he's run the ships power into the inverter and plugged
the WXWorx "wall wart" power supply into that.
I am pretty sure the WxWrox unit runs on DC power. At least the one in
my

Yes, that's why he has a 9 volt DC power supply plugged into the inverter.

As I said already.

But wait, he is going from 12 or 24 volts DC to 120 volts AC to 9 volts DC?
That just does not make sense. Go to Rat shack and get a universal voltage
convertor or build one yourself. Why go to AC?

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message ...
I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice
little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

Before everyone freaks out - he's got a bunch of stuff in there that
you do not need for aircraft only operations. Like the Rat Shack 9V
AC-DC regulator, and the DC-AC Inverter.

-Nathan

In a previous article, (Nathan Young) said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message
...
I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice
little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

Before everyone freaks out - he's got a bunch of stuff in there that
you do not need for aircraft only operations. Like the Rat Shack 9V
AC-DC regulator, and the DC-AC Inverter.

You will note from the captions on the pictures that he's also got it set
up so he can plug it into the wall when he is on the ground. I'm not sure
why he has the Inverter, I'll ask him. I do know that one of his goals
was not to cut anything up (which is why he's got long coils of wire) so
he can take it out of the box and have it as good as new (and maybe resell
it).


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Information moves, or we move to it. Moving to it has rarely been
popular and is growing unfashionable; nowadays we demand that the
information come to us. -- Neal Stephenson

(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message ...
In a previous article, (Nathan Young) said:
(Paul Tomblin) wrote in message
...
I can't remember if I posted this before. A guy in my club made a nice
little package for his WX Works setup. You can see some pictures at
http://xcski.com/gallery/wxworks

Before everyone freaks out - he's got a bunch of stuff in there that
you do not need for aircraft only operations. Like the Rat Shack 9V
AC-DC regulator, and the DC-AC Inverter.

You will note from the captions on the pictures that he's also got it set
up so he can plug it into the wall when he is on the ground. I'm not sure
why he has the Inverter, I'll ask him.

A lot of laptops take 16VDC as their power source, something not
readily available in the plane - so perhaps he is using the inverter
to power the AC-DC converter that powers the laptop? Sounds a bit
cumbersome, but it would work, and is more readily available than
finding a 12V-16V DC switcher.

-Nathan