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alec(at)alecmyers.com
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:26 pm Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

Hi All



What’s a nice way to finish (say) a free 12” run of just two cores of 22awg wire? For instance to the bulb of a flight instrument.

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Eric Page

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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 3:51 pm Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

Try putting the search term “wire wrap braid” into eBay.  The stuff comes in myriad colors and diameters at minimal cost.



Eric

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		   On Mar 27, 2019, at 16:25, Alec Myers <alec(at)alecmyers.com> wrote:

 

 What’s a nice way to finish (say) a free 12” run of just two cores of 22awg wire? For instance to the bulb of a flight instrument.

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art(at)zemon.name
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:31 am Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

Twist them together?

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:41 PM Alec Myers <alec(at)alecmyers.com (alec(at)alecmyers.com)> wrote:



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 Hi All

 

 What’s a nice way to finish (say) a free 12” run of just two cores of 22awg wire? For instance to the bulb of a flight instrument.



 	


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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:49 am Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

At 06:30 AM 3/28/2019, you wrote:

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		  Twist them together? 	




 I was going to suggest that too . . . I use

 a drill motor to create lengths of twisted

 pairs for later incorporation into a project.



 You can capture on end of the pair in

 a vise; the other end in your drill

 chuck. Run the drill until you get about

 1/2" per turn pitch on the twisted 

 assembly. Release the rotary tension

 carefully . . . some wires will react

 rather amazingly to become a snarled

 tangle if allowed to freely 'relax'.



 If your drill runs both directions,

 you can drive it 'backwards' enough

 to reduce the rotary tension before

 you take it out of the chuck.



 I've fabricated twisted pairs of 10 feet or

 more with this method.



 

 

   Bob . . .

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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:21 am Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

If you do this with all your wires, invest in multicolored wire.  If you've got runs to three different devices, each with a ground, you can have white/black, green/black, and red/black.  It isn't absolutely necessary for functionality, but when it comes time to troubleshooting/adding/removing/replacing devices, you'll love it.

Also, if you have four spools of wire, build a box with a rod through it and hang the spools side by side.  Then you can spin them together as Bob suggests straight from the spools, and spin off exactly the length you need each time.



                  

                                                                    On Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8:50:27 AM EDT, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com> wrote:                 

                 



                 



                   At 06:30 AM 3/28/2019, you wrote:

  	  Quote: 	
		  Twist them together? 	




 I was going to suggest that too . . . I use

 a drill motor to create lengths of twisted

 pairs for later incorporation into a project.



 You can capture on end of the pair in

 a vise; the other end in your drill

 chuck. Run the drill until you get about

 1/2" per turn pitch on the twisted 

 assembly. Release the rotary tension

 carefully . . . some wires will react

 rather amazingly to become a snarled

 tangle if allowed to freely 'relax'.



 If your drill runs both directions,

 you can drive it 'backwards' enough

 to reduce the rotary tension before

 you take it out of the chuck.



 I've fabricated twisted pairs of 10 feet or

 more with this method.



 

 

    Bob . . .

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 3:10 pm Post subject: Lacing two cores of 22awg

At 09:59 AM 3/28/2019, you wrote:

  	  Quote: 	
		  If you do this with all your wires, invest in multicolored wire.  If you've got runs to three different devices, each with a ground, you can have white/black, green/black, and red/black.  It isn't absolutely necessary for functionality, but when it comes time to troubleshooting/adding/removing/replacing devices, you'll love it.



 Also, if you have four spools of wire, build a box with a rod through it and hang the spools side by side.  Then you can spin them together as Bob suggests straight from the spools, and spin off exactly the length you need each time. 	


   that works . . . someone also

   reminded me that I've suggested

   shielded wire for things like

   compass lights, etc.



   use shield for one side, center

   conductor for the other.



 

 

   Bob . . .

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