TCW Technologies

TCW Technologies designs Integrated Battery Back-up Systems (IBBS) for glass panels, critical avionics, and electronic magneto upgrades.

The IBBS provides critical back-up power for EFIS, GPS Navigators, Transponders and ADS-B, Engine Monitoring Systems and Electronic Ignition Systems (EIS). The patented technology within the IBBS system provides power to keep these systems active during electrical system failures, as well as during engine starting. The IBBS system is suitable and approved for use with virtually any type of avionic system or electronic ignition system.

The IBBS is available in non-certified (Experimental) and certified models. The FAA approved models of the IBBS have been tested and qualified to TSO-C179(b), DO-311a and DO-160, and are available for 12-volt and 24-volt applications. An STC-AML allows for the installation of the certified version in more than 800 of the most popular models of GA aircraft from Piper, Cessna, Mooney, Beechcraft, Grumman and more.

The TCW IBBS is used extensively as an FAA requirement in STC’d dual Electronic Ignition System (EIS) upgrades from Surefly and Electroair.

There are three FAA approved models of the IBBS that provide an engineered solution for critical back-up power to electrically dependent general aviation aircraft. Integral to the IBBS is a lithium-iron-phosphate battery pack and a matched charging system that ensures the battery is properly charged and maintained. The system automatically operates to provide a stable source of output power during both normal and emergency operations. The IBBS system connects to the standard aircraft power bus and provides clean and reliable power to the connected equipment.

With more than 10,000 installations in GA aircraft over the past ten years, the IBBS system has a demonstrated track record of providing safe, reliable back-up power to a variety of avionics systems as well as electronic ignition systems and other LRU’s.