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On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:49:20 -0400
"John Slade" <sladerj@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses. It seems there are at least several
> people that would be interested, so I will consider it a go. I will
> put together a prototype for pictures, and I need to purchase some
> materials. I will post to the list when I'm ready to accept orders.
Bob,
The premade harness sounds like a good deal. I had mine done by Tracy once I
realized that getting all those tiny pin solder connections right was beyond
my capability.
One thing to consider is that with a canard pusher you can't get a prewired
harness installed easily because the plugs won't go down the electrical
conduit. A harness could be installed during the fuselage construction, but
once the fuselage is built you either have to run the harness another way,
add a connector, or snip and resolder all the wires.
As for my "troubles", I beginning to think that these had nothing to do with
the EC2 wiring. I think what happened to me was a combination of lack of
expertise and being in South Florida. I followed Bob Nuckoll's teachings and
used crimp connections. The crimps (at least when done by me) allow humid
air to get in the ends. My wiring worked fine 2 years ago when I installed
it. Two years of humid salt air and a bit of vibration has gradually
degraded important connections and created nasty gizmo eating ground loops.
I'm now working to clean up the connections with heat-shrink soldered joins
and double heat-shrinked soldered crimps to fast-ons etc. etc. I'm working
"top-down", as Tracy puts it, going after the high current circuits first,
testing the resistance under load as I go, and making sure the connections
are air-tight.
You live and learn. :)
Regards,
John (Have soldering iron - will travel (eventually)
Thanks John, that's good info. I was thinking you had replaced some
of your wires with shielded wires. If it works OK with good
connections, there shouldn't be any major problems.
I would be glad to work with anyone on working around the cabling
problems like the suggestions by Dave and Al in other messages.
Bob W.
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http://www.bob-white.com
N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (real soon)
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