Engine Sensor Wiring

Tonight I wired up the Manifold Pressure, engine oil temperature, and fuel pressure sensors. I wanted to finish the job and wire up the oil pressure sensor, but I ran out of butt splices. I tested the sensors by powering up the instrument panel and looking for signals. I was happy to see all of the gauges reporting data correctly.

I also took the opportunity to test and adjust the canopy unsafe warning. At first the canopy pins weren’t contacting the micro switch, but after a quick adjustment it now works great.

Oil temperature sensor wiring
Typical connection between sensor and wiring harness. I used butt splices because I don’t want these to come apart in-flight, and I have plenty of wire length to allow cutting and re-doing this if I even need to replace the sensor

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