Brief Description: Completed trim wiring & miscellaneous
Finished up the installation and wiring terminations for both the roll and trim governors. Also completed the terminations and testing on some other circuits.
I decided to add a fourth red LED lamp on the instrument panel to indicate when the starter switch on the stick is enabled. I want to be sure the stick switch is disabled immediately after engine start so the starter is not engaged accidentally during taxiiing or flight (engine is turning). Unfortunately, I will have to drill a new hole in the instrument panel, install the additional light, and then add the label and clearcoat sealer without screwing up the paint!
Since I haven't purchased an aircraft battery yet and to make circuit testing a little easier I acquired a 12V lawn tractor battery and hooked it into the aircraft's electrical system. I fabricated a battery pack based on a couple 6V lantern batteries wired in series for testing and it worked fine for some checks but it didn't have enough power to reliably activate the master and starter relays. The lawn tractor battery is relatively cheap and works very well.
