X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [68.142.199.107] (HELO web81218.mail.mud.yahoo.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.0) with SMTP id 2727365 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:43:11 -0500 Received: (qmail 41630 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Feb 2008 03:43:12 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=Ba0kwaXmpaO5qeKzPP2qTPmQxThn+FuRUIco3/rdHGQRGfjYjrwN9qyXn5b8QMWqTPHWhSELor8xtPq+0Xg5mXhK2hzcwD5kOE4re3Zdmr/DW99afzDrtNE7donBS+KbHpYPcYpV2/a3gSpWlJ1B6M6Pxg0ZtmkGBm4shD4tHMU=; X-YMail-OSG: D5Pt1q4VM1l7XHrvRC4onDPU0_tIf41HulUgXMW9ifSVgPaRvNGCkE0E21m51lN8fOsVQ6_zVhW81YUPf6_ch3Y2EhY2q1Ob2PBg8IuHgGtJ9I08Jig- Received: from [69.221.67.158] by web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:43:09 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.31 YahooMailWebService/0.7.160 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:43:09 -0800 (PST) From: Michael LaFleur Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: wire harness adaptor To: Rotary motors in aircraft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-673186535-1202874189=:40198" Message-ID: <313197.40198.qm@web81203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --0-673186535-1202874189=:40198 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ribbon cable can be pretty small gauge. If you use ribbon cable, try to find cable with at least the same gauge rating that Tracy recommends for his wiring harness. Mike LaFleur ----- Original Message ---- From: Charlie England To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:05:55 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: wire harness adaptor d-sub connector, right? If a few inches of vinyl insulation doesn't terrify you, consider an extension made with ribbon cable & 2 displacement type connectors. Those are the type you typically see on ribbon cables inside older computers, tying all the various components together. Charlie Bob White wrote: Hi Bob, The only way I can see getting the connector any tighter might be to build a short extension without backshells, then plug into that. I'm not sure how bad of an idea that would be. The first concern would be reliability since there wouldn't be any protection for the wires if the cable got pulled on. Bob W. On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:27:25 -0500 bmears9413@aol.com wrote: Bob White, or anyone with advise, I would like to find an adaptor of some kind to get a lower profile on my EC2. I had the 90 degree end installed, but it still takes up over 2" of space. In my case it will hit the fuel tank. I can modify the tank if necessary. But if it was as simple as plugging a low profile adaptor, that would be the thing to do. Bob Mears Supermarine Spitfire ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --0-673186535-1202874189=:40198 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Ribbon cable can be pretty small gauge. If you use ribbon cable, try to find cable with at least the same gauge rating that Tracy recommends for his wiring harness.

Mike LaFleur

----- Original Message ----
From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:05:55 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: wire harness adaptor

d-sub connector, right?

If a few inches of vinyl insulation doesn't terrify you, consider an extension made with ribbon cable & 2 displacement type connectors. Those are the type you typically see on ribbon cables inside older computers, tying all the various components together.

Charlie

Bob White wrote: 
Hi Bob,

The only way I can see getting the connector any tighter might be to
build a short extension without backshells, then plug into that.  I'm
not sure how bad of an idea that would be.  The first concern would be
reliability since there wouldn't be any protection for the wires if the
cable got pulled on.

Bob W.     


On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:27:25 -0500
bmears9413@aol.com wrote:

  



Bob White, or anyone with advise,

I would like to find an adaptor of some kind to get a lower profile on my EC2. I had the 90 degree end installed, but it still takes up over 2" of space. In my case it will hit the fuel tank. I can modify the tank if necessary. But if it was as simple as plugging a low profile adaptor, that would be the thing to do.

Bob Mears
Supermarine Spitfire


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