Originally Posted by Joel_Kiester
CAUTION !!!! I had a vertical compass installed and they had real difficult getting it alighned. Finally, after lots of $hours found the overhead speaker had been replaced with one with a big magnet in it. Removed the speaker, the compass alighned.

Joel Kiester


Interesting. Someone else wrote about the hazard of installing a speaker with an oversized magnet. I just had my compass replaced and spun (cost $$$). I don't want to screw that up.

Maybe the Quam speaker is suitable for aircraft, and does not have an oversized magnet?

Here's another option I am considering: the speaker I have works OK -- it's just that the cardboard diaphram is deteriorated. I wonder if the existing speaker could be repaired by a speaker repair specialist, by replacing the cardboard diaphram?

Last edited by Mark_vanWyk; 01/04/10 10:24 PM.

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