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mountain4don

Joined: 18 Jan 2006
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: Cable ties to anchor wires to ribs?

The local EAA tech counselor did an inspection on the left wing I am getting ready to close up, and had me tie the wires down better.  In one place I had wires going through one of the lightening holes near the ends of the wing to the position lights.  It is kind of loose there, and suggested that I use a method of putting a cable tie around a bolt and the wire and somehow using more cable ties to afix it to the wire and bolt.  Well, I couldn't figure out what he was wanting me to do after I made several attempts at it.  Has anybody used this method successfully to make cable constraints through the 4" lightening holes?  How is it done?



Don Mountain



		

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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: Cable ties to anchor wires to ribs?

Don

Try this link for another simple method.  I used this method but made

something similar using aluminum L's.

http://terminaltown.com/Pages/Page65.html

Jerry

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The local EAA tech counselor did an inspection on the left wing I am getting

ready to close up, and had me tie the wires down better.  In one place I had

wires going through one of the lightening holes near the ends of the wing to

the position lights.  It is kind of loose there, and suggested that I use a

method of putting a cable tie around a bolt and the wire and somehow using

more cable ties to afix it to the wire and bolt.  Well, I couldn't figure

out what he was wanting me to do after I made several attempts at it.  Has

anybody used this method successfully to make cable constraints through the

4" lightening holes?  How is it done?



Don Mountain

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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: Cable ties to anchor wires to ribs?

Drill a #30 hole next to the lightening hole (plenty of edge distance!),

slit a short length of poly tubing down the side and use it to cover the

wires.



Tie the tubing to the side of the lightening hole using a small tyrap

round the tubing and thru the #30 hole.



Simple



Frank 



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steveadams

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Cable ties to anchor wires to ribs?

Another simple method that is a little difficult to describe, but works well and is very quick. Drill a small hole as Frank suggested. Put a large cable tie through the hole. Cut about 10 mm of plastic tubing (don't slit it) and slide both ends of the cable through. Then put the cable tie around the wires and cinch it down. This effectively holds the wires in place, with about an 8mm standoff created by the piece of plastic tubing.

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