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sam95037(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

Bob

I'd like to make a custom instrument panel ground

block for my rv8- checked with B&C, they only make the

two sizes, and do not sell the parts.  Are the fast on

tabs commercially available?



Sam Ray

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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

SteinAir has them...



	http://www.steinair.com/accessories.htm 



Neal 




Bob

I'd like to make a custom instrument panel ground block for my rv8- checked

with B&C, they only make the two sizes, and do not sell the parts.  Are the

fast on tabs commercially available?



Sam Ray

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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

Yes,



Go to Steinair.com he has them for like a buck per strip. Get a piece of

Brass plate and solder one up.



I made a 60 tab ground block for about $5...Brass bolt form the hardware

store.



Frank 



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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

At 04:23 PM 11/13/2007 -0600, you wrote:



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SteinAir has them...



         http://www.steinair.com/accessories.htm



Neal




Bob

I'd like to make a custom instrument panel ground block for my rv8- checked

with B&C, they only make the two sizes, and do not sell the parts.  Are the

fast on tabs commercially available?


	


   Yes but not easy to find. You COULD consider something like

   a D-sub connector soldered to a sheet of thin brass to

   accommodate the majority of grounds which are 3A or less

   and use screws/ring terminals to tie down the few high

   current grounds. See:



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Grounding/AGB_V.jpg



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Grounding/AVG_RA.jpg



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Grounding/Avionics_Bus_3.jpg



    You could do a variation on a theme for the firewall

    ground block where there is a combination of high-density

    wiring for low current grounds and coarser density for

    a few high current grounds.



    Bob . . .



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sam95037(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:52 am Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

I'm looking for the tabs with a pair spacing of 0.26

inch across- the steinair tabs have a larger spacing

for a larger terminal block and are only a single

pair.  I've found 3 tab pairs made by Amp in the Tyco

catalog, but nothing like the larger 12 pair sets used

by B&C.  I was hoping Bob would know where I can get

these...



Sam Ray



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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:02 am Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

At 07:51 AM 11/14/2007 -0800, you wrote:



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I'm looking for the tabs with a pair spacing of 0.26

inch across- the steinair tabs have a larger spacing

for a larger terminal block and are only a single

pair.  I've found 3 tab pairs made by Amp in the Tyco

catalog, but nothing like the larger 12 pair sets used

by B&C.  I was hoping Bob would know where I can get

these...


	


   When I crafted that product mucho years ago, I

   found a reel of paired tabs in an industrial

   surplus store. That first real carried us through

   a number of years of production. I don't know where

   Bill gets them now.



   He probably purchases on reels as an industrial

   offering by AMP or T&B. I've never seen them in

   small quantities/sizes as catalog items.



        Bob . . .



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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:

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 At 07:51 AM 11/14/2007 -0800, you wrote:



> 

>

> I'm looking for the tabs with a pair spacing of 0.26

> inch across- the steinair tabs have a larger spacing

> for a larger terminal block and are only a single

> pair.  I've found 3 tab pairs made by Amp in the Tyco

> catalog, but nothing like the larger 12 pair sets used

> by B&C.  I was hoping Bob would know where I can get

> these...



   When I crafted that product mucho years ago, I

   found a reel of paired tabs in an industrial

   surplus store. That first real carried us through

   a number of years of production. I don't know where

   Bill gets them now.



   He probably purchases on reels as an industrial

   offering by AMP or T&B. I've never seen them in

   small quantities/sizes as catalog items.

I ordered a handful from Digikey.
	




Catalog page 341.



http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T073/P0341.pdf

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stein(at)steinair.com
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: Custom Instrument Panel Ground Block

Hi Sam,



What part of mine are you talking about?



The SA-9900 people pointed you to previously (below) are what you are

wanting - they have five pairs of tabs (10 total) and are spaced exactly

.26" apart.



I think Perhaps you were looking at something else because these are NOT

what you are describing below?!?!



Look again and you'll see they are exactly what you're describing!  They are

a whopping $1.00 each, as everyone pretty much noted before.



Cheers,

Stein



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