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Jim Baker
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 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:59 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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Now that Bendix King have stopped making parts for this radio, especially the display, any advice concerning maintenance options or replacements? One of mine was rehab'd so it works well but the other is starting to miss segments. Haven't pulled it yet to try burnishing the zebra contacts.
I just love obsolescence.
Jim Baker
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| Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 6:38 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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If it's 12v, and it has a glideslope receiver, and you decide to part it out, let me know...
On Jun 28, 2016, at 21:56, Jim Baker <jimbaker(at)npacc.net> wrote:
Now that Bendix King have stopped making parts for this radio, especially the display, any advice concerning maintenance options or replacements? One of mine was rehab'd so it works well but the other is starting to miss segments. Haven't pulled it yet to try burnishing the zebra contacts.
I just love obsolescence.
Jim Baker
405 426 5377
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millner(at)me.com
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:24 am Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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I thought King is making an LED replacement but it's pricey!
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| Quote: | On Jun 28, 2016, at 6:56 PM, Jim Baker <jimbaker(at)npacc.net> wrote:
Now that Bendix King have stopped making parts for this radio, especially the display, any advice concerning maintenance options or replacements? One of mine was rehab'd so it works well but the other is starting to miss segments. Haven't pulled it yet to try burnishing the zebra contacts.
I just love obsolescence.
Jim Baker
405 426 5377
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skywagon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:16 am Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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Hi Jim,
You probably have already found this. . . the 155 display is easy to get to
and change.
Just remember to set the control knobs at some "known" position before you
pull them off. Once the front panel is removed, the display slides out of
it's large contact holder. Cleaning the contacts may help, but, being a
high voltage gas display, the problem of missing segments is usually
permanent. That display is expensive and a bugger to find. I would check
with large avionics shops and if they have some new old inventory, they
might sell you a new display. I like the -155. It is a same to send it to
the grave yard.
Dave
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Jim Baker
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:20 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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At $2.5k a pop, I'll pass. Jim Baker [url=tel:4054265377]405.426.5377[/url]--
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Jim Baker
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:31 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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Both are 12v and GS.....but not parting them anytime soon.....I'm a cheap bastard. ; ) Jim Baker [url=tel:4054265377]405.426.5377[/url]--
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alec(at)alecmyers.com
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 8:59 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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in that case... sometimes you can encourage a missing segment to work again by warm-soaking the unit (i.e. leaving radio in the on state) for an extended period of time.
On Jun 29, 2016, at 19:27, jimbaker(at)npacc.net (jimbaker(at)npacc.net) wrote:
Both are 12v and GS.....but not parting them anytime soon.....I'm a cheap bastard.
; )
Jim Baker
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:55 pm Post subject: KX155 alternative |
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Interesting timing for this thread. Just last Friday my 155 was acting up for the first time. Some digits will go blank, but the radio woks fine. The issue goes away if I turn the radio off then back on again. That happened about half a dozen times in about two hour flight. It was hot summer day here in Texas so I thought maybe it was the heat, but reading this post sounds like it's a chronicle problem with this radio ? Does this sound like the display is dying or is it the pins cleaning symptoms? Any recommendations for a course of action? Any good repair shop you can recommend that can recondition the radio for a reasonable charge ? Thanks, Saad
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On Jun 29, 2016, at 6:27 PM, jimbaker(at)npacc.net (jimbaker(at)npacc.net) wrote:
[quote]Both are 12v and GS.....but not parting them anytime soon.....I'm a cheap bastard.
; )
Jim Baker
[url=tel:4054265377]405.426.5377[/url]
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