Morning All,
Have an RV-6A with a slider canopy finished in 2002. Like an idiot, when I was replacing the battery (different model) I hooked the positive to the negative and the negative to the positive. When I flipped the Master Switch, wires immediately started to smoke.
I traced the fried wire (only one) and it appears to be the ground wire that runs from the bottom of the right side of the Master Switch to a ground at the top of my panel behind my GPS.
I replaced the wire and flipped the Master (this time with battery correctly installed). Wire still smokes. Not nearly as hot or as quickly as when polarity was reversed, but still no good. And no power to instruments. Figure I must have a ground fault still in place, but not sure where.
Looking for some educated help as to what I should be looking for ... seems like no power is making it past the Master Relay, so I am assuming maybe that is the problem, but I'm not certain...nor am I sure how to test that. Or perhaps the Master Switch is the problem.
Any ideas you might have are welcomed. Also, I am in the San Diego area and have tried to find a good mobile avionics service to assist, but so far no luck. If you happen to know anyone good and available in the area, that would also be great.
Thanks in advance!
Have an RV-6A with a slider canopy finished in 2002. Like an idiot, when I was replacing the battery (different model) I hooked the positive to the negative and the negative to the positive. When I flipped the Master Switch, wires immediately started to smoke.
I traced the fried wire (only one) and it appears to be the ground wire that runs from the bottom of the right side of the Master Switch to a ground at the top of my panel behind my GPS.
I replaced the wire and flipped the Master (this time with battery correctly installed). Wire still smokes. Not nearly as hot or as quickly as when polarity was reversed, but still no good. And no power to instruments. Figure I must have a ground fault still in place, but not sure where.
Looking for some educated help as to what I should be looking for ... seems like no power is making it past the Master Relay, so I am assuming maybe that is the problem, but I'm not certain...nor am I sure how to test that. Or perhaps the Master Switch is the problem.
Any ideas you might have are welcomed. Also, I am in the San Diego area and have tried to find a good mobile avionics service to assist, but so far no luck. If you happen to know anyone good and available in the area, that would also be great.
Thanks in advance!