I just paid $200....

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for this toggle switch.

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But I'm going to throw fits every time I have to pay more than $1 for a soda or more than $100 for a smartphone...

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What do you think that part would cost for one of my experimentals?
 
Ya only got one switch? I thought everyone knew you're 'posed to git two of them switches...
 
More accurately I probably paid like $5 for the switch and about $200 for someone to put it in. Still though.....
 
Not a switch... it's a "toggle breaker". In particular a "Potter and Brumfield W31 series", now manufactured by Tyco. For a 35 amp breaker, it's part# W31X2M1G35 and costs about $25 at most resellers.

If you paid $200 installed, then that's only $175 for the shop's labor, which is not too unexpected for avionics/wiring shop labor.
 
Yup. I don't think he ripped me off or anything.

Just saying I spend 200 bucks on a toggle switch but I'm still gonna throw fits about stuff that's far less price or far more useful..... as so many of us do.
 
If you had instead paid $10 for a simple toggle switch and another $50 to have it installed by a competent electrician -- just not an FAA-certificated repairman -- or, heaven forefend, installed the $10 or even the OEM/PMA $25 switch yourself, the aircraft would assuredly burst into flames at the most inopportune time and plummet from the sky into a busload of orphans and nuns. Or so the public would be led to believe, because the installation of an unapproved (though perfectly serviceable) part by an uncertificated repairman would render the aircraft unairworthy per controlling regulations. And that's why we have airworthiness regulations, to protect us from bad things.

Having a switch competently installed doesn't cost $200. What you paid $200 for is government compliance. It's just not broken out that way on the bill. :mad:
 
Just curious...

...does it control a relay or does all the current for all the avionics flow through it?

Either way works, I guess, but I've always seen relays used in this application.
 
Blame whoever installed the first one for making the switch hard to access. On a Cessna 1X2, that would be about 10 minutes to replace by reaching under the lower panel. Maybe 20 minutes if you wanted to take a seat out for easier access.
 
cowman said:
for this toggle switch.



But I'm going to throw fits every time I have to pay more than $1 for a soda or more than $100 for a smartphone...

:yesnod:
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Or complain about that $13 hamburger that just cost you $100+ in Av fuel to enjoy.:lol:
 
FastEddieB said:
Unclear...


Was this a new installation or just a replacement switch?
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New install. Didn't have one before, I was advised by just about everyone who got in my airplane that I should have it done.
 
That's the nices $200 switch I have seen all day. You can be proud of that switch.
 
cowman said:
New install. Didn't have one before, I was advised by just about everyone who got in my airplane that I should have it done.
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Hmmmm..

Who gets to update the pre-takeoff/ engine start checklist in the POH.. ??? :dunno:
 
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cowman said:
New install. Didn't have one before, I was advised by just about everyone who got in my airplane that I should have it done.
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IMHO an avionics master is a good thing.

1. Saves wear and tear on the on/off switches on all your stuff.
2. Prevents damage due to voltage spikes during engine start.
3. Makes it easy to shut everything off when smoke appears.
4. Looks cool on your panel.
 
Not a bad deal for a new install.
 
The real epitomy of it all, is the USB power port. Commonly available for $5. The TSO'd USB power port on spruce, $350. That must be aircraft grade 5vdc...

:dunno:
 
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Nope. I would never put a $350 or $700 USB power port in our C150. I would plug the $5 adapter into a lighter plug. I realize an aircraft for hire may require it by law. That doesn't make it any less absurd.

$30 USB power port, no TSO.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/panelmount11-12631.php

Move the decimal point over to the right for a TSO version of the same thing.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/ps/ipad_usb/trueblueusb11-12159.php

Then multiply that by two if you really want to get ripped off.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/lonestarchargekit.php
 
cowman said:
for this toggle switch.


But I'm going to throw fits every time I have to pay more than $1 for a soda or more than $100 for a smartphone...

:yesnod:
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Was that just the switch or rewiring to accommodate an avionics master??

Edit: I see you answered the question. In light of that, it seems like a very cheap upgrade!
 
Neal Howard said:
Not a switch... it's a "toggle breaker". In particular a "Potter and Brumfield W31 series", now manufactured by Tyco. For a 35 amp breaker, it's part# W31X2M1G35 and costs about $25 at most resellers.

If you paid $200 installed, then that's only $175 for the shop's labor, which is not too unexpected for avionics/wiring shop labor.
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http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/pbcircuitbrkr2.php

$24.85 from Aircraft Spruce, I've got about a half-dozen of various amperage rating in my experimental.

Considering the other work that had to be done to wire in an avionics master, $200 was not a bad price.
 
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