longg(at)pjm.com
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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: No Title |
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Great topic,
I have to agree with Ron. I have only been into airplane ownership and building for 3 years and I can already see the benefits of having things well marked. My first airplane was a 67' Cherokee which was so poorly marked I had no idea of where to start to even add a power plug to that mess. Many thousands of dollars was spent at the avionics shop to bring a little organization and safety to the catastrophic mess behind those steam gauges.
On the contrary even adding the simplest labeling scheme allows one to readily find and trace wires for upgrades, maintenance etc. It will save you many weekends down the road. If it is done right from the beginning as part of your process, it's not big deal and only takes a minute to draft up labels. You will easily spend 3x the time locating un-labeled wires as you will labeling them. For less than a gallon of gas you can buy or make enough labeling material for the whole airplane.
Today if I was looking at an airplane that was poorly labeled or had no labeling at all that would be just cause to walk away from the sale. Labeling is a personal thing which likely reflects on ones personality and quality of the workmanship. If you don't label wires, you probably have a messy desk, an un-organized garage, are not good at detail work and skip shaving most days. On the other hand you may have a photographic memory of just where that wire was lying when you hooked it up 
Cheers
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