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Tore the wiring off the switch to fuses today. Won't be all that hard to rewire. The system was all aircraft wire. I used a couple of standard wires in the ignition system C but was planning on using aircraft wire to rewire the panel. What are your thoughts on standard wire vs aircraft wire?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford C IL
From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Date: Wed C 28 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0330
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Marwynne:
You’re being a bit hard on Patrick aren’t you... NOT! One thing no one in a cloth airplane wants to experience in flight is any kind of fire. And the positioning of the fuses was just asking for one.
I too am glad to see the plane will be made safer.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marwynne Kuhn
Sent: Tuesday C January 27 C 2009 11:37 PM
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
Patrick C
To answer your question why someone did something is hard to answer without talking to him or her. Most people think the fuse or breaker is there to protect radio C etc. The breaker or fuse is in there to protect the wire that feeds the load. I have worked in the electrical field for more than 35 years and is very common for people to misunderstand there function. I am glad to see you are going to correct the problem . This will make it a safer plane for you to fly. You don't want a fire while you are flying....
Marwynne Kuhn
Hilltop Lakes 0TE4
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n85ae
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Aircraft wire, frequently called tefzel ( teflon insulated). Won't catch fire
if it shorts or gets oveloaded (it will still smoke though) and is much more
abrasion resistant.
Regards,
Jeff Hays
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dcsfoto
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Panel Wiring |
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you can get mil spec wire from Superior Panel in colors
David
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Float Flyr
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Aircraft wire is designed to be light, pretty fire proof and best of all made to go into airplanes. That pretty much says it all.
Crimp all connections, solder should be reserved for work inside the devices not outside. Preferably beg, borrow, buy or steal a crimper from an A&P . The crimpers they use give very consistent results and are nothing like the ones available at electronics shops.
Finally number your wires and make a block diagram of your wiring. If you ever have a problem you have something to study and even show others for advice. If you ever sell the airplane that diagram may be worth its weight in gold to the new owner. Pick your devices and number them 1, 2, 3... Then the wire from your fuse to the switch of device 1 would be marked 1-a. . From the switch to the device 1-b and so on. Or you can mark the wires with a couple of markers using the binary number system. (red=1,Bk=0) Starting with wire #0 you can identify 16 pieces of wire with just four dots just always number from the source of current. You may also number the source end of a wire to make it easy to figure out the number.
Failing that you may find someone with a wire numbering machine... now that would be nice.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of patrick reilly
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:18 PM
To: kitfox matronics
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Tore the wiring off the switch to fuses today. Won't be all that hard to rewire. The system was all aircraft wire. I used a couple of standard wires in the ignition system, but was planning on using aircraft wire to rewire the panel. What are your thoughts on standard wire vs aircraft wire?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0330
Marwynne:
You’re being a bit hard on Patrick aren’t you... NOT! One thing no one in a cloth airplane wants to experience in flight is any kind of fire. And the positioning of the fuses was just asking for one.
I too am glad to see the plane will be made safer.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marwynne Kuhn
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:37 PM
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
Patrick,
To answer your question why someone did something is hard to answer without talking to him or her. Most people think the fuse or breaker is there to protect radio, etc. The breaker or fuse is in there to protect the wire that feeds the load. I have worked in the electrical field for more than 35 years and is very common for people to misunderstand there function. I am glad to see you are going to correct the problem . This will make it a safer plane for you to fly. You don't want a fire while you are flying....
Marwynne Kuhn
Hilltop Lakes 0TE4
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From: Noel Loveys (noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca)
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com (kitfox-list(at)matronics.com)
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Panel Wiring
The answer to your question is no one told him... I was told years ago when I studied aircraft wiring.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com) [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of patrick reilly
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:31 PM
To: kitfox matronics
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Noel & Maryanne, That is my question! I know that the device will not shut off with a frozen switch as Mike talks about. And, that is not a "short". I was worried about a short(to ground) of a switch. Not an electrically frozen switch. It wouldn't matter where the fuse was located with a "frozen" switch. I guess I should tear the switch/fuse system out and run the electricty from source through the fuse, and then to the switch. Makes sense to me. How in the Hell can a guy that did such high quality work on the rest of the plane be that uninformed on the electrical cirrcuitry. I have never seen power to a switch and then a fuse, except in a battery shut off switch.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
> From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
> To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
> Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:07:48 -0330
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> --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Noel Loveys" <noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca>
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> I'll answer your question with a question
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> What happens if the switch gets shorted to ground, a real possibility.
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> + ------(Switch) -------(fuse)----(Device)
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> What you describe is a switch frozen open not a short.
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> Noel
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Lynn Matteson
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I just found the number markers that I used to use in model planes.
We used them in the wind tunnel at Chrysler to number thermocouples
and leads. (Apparently some of these found their way into my toolbox
when I left there) They are/were made by the W. H. Brady Co.,
Milwaukee, Toronto, London, Brussels. They probably have an internet
site, but I'm going by the printing on the "cards" themselves...and
these are OLD. Each "card" contains 36 strips of a particular number.
Each strip repeats the number 6 times, so you can wrap a strip around
a wire and see what number it is from completely around the wire.
They are adhesive-backed, and you just peel the strip off the card
and apply. You could apply a strip to the wire in question, on either
side of the firewall for example, and at each end of the wire, or
when the wire disappears behind something for easy tracing. I just
wish I had found them when I was wiring my plane. I made up hand-
written notes on pieces of white tape and applied to the wire...time-
consuming. The ones I have are numbered 1 through 20, but I recall
having 120 thermocouples on a car, so the numbers go up that high.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Noel Loveys wrote:
[quote] Aircraft wire is designed to be light, pretty fire proof and best
of all made to go into airplanes. That pretty much says it all.
Crimp all connections, solder should be reserved for work inside
the devices not outside. Preferably beg, borrow, buy or steal a
crimper from an A&P . The crimpers they use give very consistent
results and are nothing like the ones available at electronics shops.
Finally number your wires and make a block diagram of your wiring.
If you ever have a problem you have something to study and even
show others for advice. If you ever sell the airplane that diagram
may be worth its weight in gold to the new owner. Pick your
devices and number them 1, 2, 3... Then the wire from your fuse to
the switch of device 1 would be marked 1-a. . From the switch to
the device 1-b and so on. Or you can mark the wires with a couple
of markers using the binary number system. (red=1,Bk=0) Starting
with wire #0 you can identify 16 pieces of wire with just four
dots just always number from the source of current. You may also
number the source end of a wire to make it easy to figure out the
number.
Failing that you may find someone with a wire numbering machine...
now that would be nice.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of patrick reilly
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:18 PM
To: kitfox matronics
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Tore the wiring off the switch to fuses today. Won't be all that
hard to rewire. The system was all aircraft wire. I used a couple
of standard wires in the ignition system, but was planning on using
aircraft wire to rewire the panel. What are your thoughts on
standard wire vs aircraft wire?
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0330
Marwynne:
You’re being a bit hard on Patrick aren’t you... NOT! One thing no
one in a cloth airplane wants to experience in flight is any kind
of fire. And the positioning of the fuses was just asking for one.
I too am glad to see the plane will be made safer.
Noel
From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marwynne Kuhn
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:37 PM
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
Patrick,
To answer your question why someone did something is hard
to answer without talking to him or her. Most people think the
fuse or breaker is there to protect radio, etc. The breaker or
fuse is in there to protect the wire that feeds the load. I have
worked in the electrical field for more than 35 years and is very
common for people to misunderstand there function. I am glad to
see you are going to correct the problem . This will make it a
safer plane for you to fly. You don't want a fire while you are
flying....
Marwynne Kuhn
Hilltop Lakes 0TE4
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patreilly43(at)hotmail.co
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: Panel Wiring |
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Lynn C Wait a minute C 120 thermocouples on A car? Come on!
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford C IL
[quote] From: lynnmatt(at)jps.net
Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
Date: Thu C 29 Jan 2009 14:27:23 -0500
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>
I just found the number markers that I used to use in model planes.
We used them in the wind tunnel at Chrysler to number thermocouples
and leads. (Apparently some of these found their way into my toolbox
when I left there) They are/were made by the W. H. Brady Co. C
Milwaukee C Toronto C London C Brussels. They probably have an internet
site C but I'm going by the printing on the "cards" themselves...and
these are OLD. Each "card" contains 36 strips of a particular number.
Each strip repeats the number 6 times C so you can wrap a strip around
a wire and see what number it is from completely around the wire.
They are adhesive-backed C and you just peel the strip off the card
and apply. You could apply a strip to the wire in question C on either
side of the firewall for example C and at each end of the wire C or
when the wire disappears behind something for easy tracing. I just
wish I had found them when I was wiring my plane. I made up hand-
written notes on pieces of white tape and applied to the wire...time-
consuming. The ones I have are numbered 1 through 20 C but I recall
having 120 thermocouples on a car C so the numbers go up that high.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster C taildragger
Jabiru 2200 C #2062 C 600.2 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
On Jan 29 C 2009 C at 11:39 AM C Noel Loveys wrote:
> Aircraft wire is designed to be light C pretty fire proof and best
> of all made to go into airplanes. That pretty much says it all.
>
>
>
> Crimp all connections C solder should be reserved for work inside
> the devices not outside. Preferably beg C borrow C buy or steal a
> crimper from an A&P . The crimpers they use give very consistent
> results and are nothing like the ones available at electronics shops.
>
>
>
> Finally number your wires and make a block diagram of your wiring.
> If you ever have a problem you have something to study and even
> show others for advice. If you ever sell the airplane that diagram
> may be worth its weight in gold to the new owner. Pick your
> devices and number them 1 C 2 C 3... Then the wire from your fuse to
> the switch of device 1 would be marked 1-a. . From the switch to
> the device 1-b and so on. Or you can mark the wires with a couple
> of markers using the binary number system. (red=1 CBk=0) Starting
> with wire #0 you can identify 16 pieces of wire with just four
> dots just always number from the source of current. You may also
> number the source end of a wire to make it easy to figure out the
> number.
>
>
>
> Failing that you may find someone with a wire numbering machine...
> now that would be nice.
>
>
>
> Noel
>
>
>
> From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
> list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of patrick reilly
> Sent: Wednesday C January 28 C 2009 9:18 PM
> To: kitfox matronics
> Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
>
>
>
> Tore the wiring off the switch to fuses today. Won't be all that
> hard to rewire. The system was all aircraft wire. I used a couple
> of standard wires in the ignition system C but was planning on using
> aircraft wire to rewire the panel. What are your thoughts on
> standard wire vs aircraft wire?
>
> Pat Reilly
> Mod 3 582 Rebuild
> Rockford C IL
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>
>
>
> From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
> To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
> Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
> Date: Wed C 28 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0330
>
> Marwynne:
>
>
>
> You’re being a bit hard on Patrick aren’t you... NOT! One thing no
> one in a cloth airplane wants to experience in flight is any kind
> of fire. And the positioning of the fuses was just asking for one.
>
>
>
> I too am glad to see the plane will be made safer.
>
>
>
> Noel
>
>
>
>
>
> From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
> list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marwynne Kuhn
> Sent: Tuesday C January 27 C 2009 11:37 PM
> To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Panel Wiring
>
>
>
> Patrick C
>
>
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> To answer your question why someone did something is hard
> to answer without talking to him or her. Most people think the
> fuse or breaker is there to protect radio C etc. The breaker or
> fuse is in there to protect the wire that feeds the load. I have
> worked in the electrical field for more than 35 years and is very
> common for people to misunderstand there function. I am glad to
> see you are going to correct the problem . This will make it a
> safer plane for you to fly. You don't want a fire while you are
> flying...
>
>
>
> Marwynne Kuhn
>
> Hilltop Lakes 0TE4
>
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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There was a trick that was in one of the builders magazines when I was
building years ago that suggested white heatshrink with colored bands that
used the resister code. It was easy to put the heatshrink over an
appropriately sized drill bit in the cordless drill and drawing the lines
with the drill in low speed. Recommended was colored Sharpies. I used this
and not only does it look nifty, it works well with one exception. After
about five years the yellow and orange looks pretty much the same. I had
every wire coded this way and relate at a glance each wire to the diagram.
Each system had a designated first color, i.e., lighting, instruments,
ignition, etc.
Dymo makes imprintable Heat Shrink, but last time I looked it was pretty
much jumbo sized.
Lowell Fitt
Cameron Park, CA
Model IV-1200 R-912 UL
Installed white LED Nav light and covering Rudder
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andynfultz(at)bellsouth.n
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You can also make your wire labels on your computer in a word processing
program using a small font, cut them out and affix them to the wire using
clear heat shrink.
Andy F.
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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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OFF TOPIC..do not archive
TEST car, Pat....in a wind tunnel....with thermocouples monitoring
every heat source, and every *heated* object that you could imagine.
Just for an example...1 on the catalytic converter, 1 on the
catalytic converter heat shield (between CC and floorpan), 1 on under
side of floorpan, 1on top side of floorpan, 1 on underside of carpet
padding, 1 on underside of carpet, and 1 on top side of carpet. These
7 thermocouples were called "shadowed" thermocouples, as they read
the heat from one source and see where that heats' "shadow" will
fall. This was to do with "creature comfort" for the passengers.
That's seven for one stinkin' location, Now imagine something similar
for exhaust manifolds shadowed to fuel pumps, heater hoses, spark
plug wires, etc...not creature comforts, but I'd be a lot more
comfortable is my spark plug wires weren't burning, or my fuel pump.
They even had a t'couple on the back side of the transmission bell
housing, and...you guessed it....shadows on the floorpan directly in
line with that one, and carpet pad, and carpet, etc. It didn't take
long to add up.
When we went on a road trip we would only have 25 locations to
monitor because the Brown Recorders (I think I recall that name
correctly) only had 25 pointers that made ink dots and a number on
the 14" wide printer tape. When we monitored those 25, we would...the
engineers would...interpolate the rest of the data based on how the
tunnel test compared with the real test...the desert in Phoenix, and
the log jams in Los Angeles.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
do not archive
On Jan 29, 2009, at 3:46 PM, patrick reilly wrote:
[quote] Lynn, Wait a minute, 120 thermocouples on A car? Come on!
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
> From: lynnmatt(at)jps.net
> Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:27:23 -0500
> To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
>
>
>
> I just found the number markers that I used to use in model planes.
> We used them in the wind tunnel at Chrysler to number thermocouples
> and leads. (Apparently some of these found their way into my toolbox
> when I left there) They are/were made by the W. H. Brady Co.,
> Milwaukee, Toronto, London, Brussels. They probably have an internet
> site, but I'm going by the printing on the "cards" themselves...and
> these are OLD. Each "card" contains 36 strips of a particular
number.
> Each strip repeats the number 6 times, so you can wrap a strip
around
> a wire and see what number it is from completely around the wire.
> They are adhesive-backed, and you just peel the strip off the card
> and apply. You could apply a strip to the wire in question, on
either
> side of the firewall for example, and at each end of the wire, or
> when the wire disappears behind something for easy tracing. I just
> wish I had found them when I was wiring my plane. I made up hand-
> written notes on pieces of white tape and applied to the
wire...time-
> consuming. The ones I have are numbered 1 through 20, but I recall
> having 120 thermocouples on a car, so the numbers go up that high.
>
> Lynn Matteson
> Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
> Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs
> Sensenich 62x46
> Electroair direct-fire ignition system
> New skis done and flying
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Noel Loveys wrote:
>
> > Aircraft wire is designed to be light, pretty fire proof and best
> > of all made to go into airplanes. That pretty much says it all.
> >
> >
> >
> > Crimp all connections, solder should be reserved for work inside
> > the devices not outside. Preferably beg, borrow, buy or steal a
> > crimper from an A&P . The crimpers they use give very consistent
> > results and are nothing like the ones available at electronics
shops.
> >
> >
> >
> > Finally number your wires and make a block diagram of your wiring.
> > If you ever have a problem you have something to study and even
> > show others for advice. If you ever sell the airplane that diagram
> > may be worth its weight in gold to the new owner. Pick your
> > devices and number them 1, 2, 3... Then the wire from your fuse to
> > the switch of device 1 would be marked 1-a. . From the switch to
> > the device 1-b and so on. Or you can mark the wires with a couple
> > of markers using the binary number system. (red=1,Bk=0) Starting
> > with wire #0 you can identify 16 pieces of wire with just four
> > dots just always number from the source of current. You may also
> > number the source end of a wire to make it easy to figure out the
> > number.
> >
> >
> >
> > Failing that you may find someone with a wire numbering machine...
> > now that would be nice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Noel
> >
> >
> >
> > From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
> > list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of patrick reilly
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:18 PM
> > To: kitfox matronics
> > Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
> >
> >
> >
> > Tore the wiring off the switch to fuses today. Won't be all that
> > hard to rewire. The system was all aircraft wire. I used a couple
> > of standard wires in the ignition system, but was planning on
using
> > aircraft wire to rewire the panel. What are your thoughts on
> > standard wire vs aircraft wire?
> >
> > Pat Reilly
> > Mod 3 582 Rebuild
> > Rockford, IL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
> > To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
> > Subject: RE: Panel Wiring
> > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:24:44 -0330
> >
> > Marwynne:
> >
> >
> >
> > You’re being a bit hard on Patrick aren’t you... NOT! One thing no
> > one in a cloth airplane wants to experience in flight is any kind
> > of fire. And the positioning of the fuses was just asking for one.
> >
> >
> >
> > I too am glad to see the plane will be made safer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Noel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: owner-kitfox-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-
> > list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marwynne Kuhn
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:37 PM
> > To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
> > Subject: Re: Panel Wiring
> >
> >
> >
> > Patrick,
> >
> >
> >
> > To answer your question why someone did something is hard
> > to answer without talking to him or her. Most people think the
> > fuse or breaker is there to protect radio, etc. The breaker or
> > fuse is in there to protect the wire that feeds the load. I have
> > worked in the electrical field for more than 35 years and is very
> > common for people to misunderstand there function. I am glad to
> > see you are going to correct the problem . This will make it a
> > safer plane for you to fly. You don't want a fire while you are
> > flying....
> >
> >
> >
> > Marwynne Kuhn
> >
> > Hilltop Lakes 0TE4
> >
> > ---
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Lynn Matteson
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I wrote the names of mine on white plastic tape and applied the long
way on the wire, then covered with clear heat shrink, but then it
seems like the label was always on the *other* side of the wire when
you wanted to know where it went. : ) Damn aircraft wiring with it's
one-color scheme!
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 600.2 hrs
Sensenich 62x46
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
New skis done and flying
do not archive
On Jan 29, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Lowell Fitt wrote:
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There was a trick that was in one of the builders magazines when I
was building years ago that suggested white heatshrink with colored
bands that used the resister code. It was easy to put the
heatshrink over an appropriately sized drill bit in the cordless
drill and drawing the lines with the drill in low speed.
Recommended was colored Sharpies. I used this and not only does it
look nifty, it works well with one exception. After about five
years the yellow and orange looks pretty much the same. I had
every wire coded this way and relate at a glance each wire to the
diagram. Each system had a designated first color, i.e., lighting,
instruments, ignition, etc.
Dymo makes imprintable Heat Shrink, but last time I looked it was
pretty much jumbo sized.
Lowell Fitt
Cameron Park, CA
Model IV-1200 R-912 UL
Installed white LED Nav light and covering Rudder
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