Environmental Qualifications
Apollo SL40 Installation Manual
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APPENDIX C - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS
The Apollo SL40 has been tested to the following environmental categories per procedures
defined in RTCA/DO-160C.
Environmental Qualification Form
Nomenclature: SL40
Part No.: 430-6040-200
TSO No.: TSO-C37d, TSO-C38d, and
TSO-C128
Manufacturer:
Garmin AT, Inc.
2345 Turner Road SE
Salem, Oregon 97302
Conditions Section Description of Conducted Tests
Temperature and Altitude 4.0 Equipment tested to Category C1 with
In-flight Loss of Cooling 4.5.4 No cooling required
Altitude 4.6.1 Equipment tested to 35,000 feet
Overpressure 4.6.3 Equipment tested for overpressure
Temperature Variation 5.0
Equipment tested to Category C, 2GC/min
Humidity 6.0 Equipment tested to Category A, standard humidity
environment
Operational Shocks and Crash
Safety
7 Equipment tested for both operational and crash safety
shocks. (Equipment operated normally after the crash safety
shocks.)
Vibration 8.0 Equipment tested without shock mounts to Categories B, M,
& N
Explosion Proofness 9.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Waterproofness 10.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Fluids Susceptibility 11.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Sand and Dust 12.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Fungus Resistance 13.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Salt Spray 14.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Magnetic Effect 15.0 Equipment is Class Z
Power Input 16.0 Equipment tested to Categories A & B
Voltage Spike 17.0 Equipment tested to Category A
Audio Frequency Conducted
Susceptibility - Power Inputs
18.0 Equipment tested to Categories A & B
Induced Signal Susceptibility 19.0 Equipment tested to Category Z
Radio Frequency Susceptibility
(Radiated and Conducted)
20 Equipment tested to Category V for conducted, Category U
for radiated.
Emission of Radio Frequency
Energy
21 Equipment tested to Category Z
Lightning Induced Transient
Susceptibility
22.0 Equipment tested to Categories A3 and B2.
RS-232 input/output tested to A3 and B1.
Lightning Direct Effects 23.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
Icing 24.0 Equipment identified as Category X, no test required
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