Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:07:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r08.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.104] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2884009 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:40:46 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-r08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id q.17e.2420755e (3850) for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:40:43 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <17e.2420755e.2d07c58b@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:40:43 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Wiring - Only Tefzel? X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1071016843" X-Mailer: Thailand for Windows sub 250 -------------------------------1071016843 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/9/2003 5:33:34 PM Central Standard Time, Wclarkstill@aol.com writes: Must everything in the cockpit be Tefzel? If so, what about nonTefzel cables that come with parts (e.g. strobe cables)? Should I use Tefzel only in high current applications (e.g. hydraulic pump)? Any words of wisdom? Wisdom?????? Theoretically, you can use lamp cord if you want to. The inspector must issue the airworthiness certificate if your paperwork is in order, it looks like it might get off the ground, and you generally use (not required) aircraft accepted practices (deadly if the guy is old enough to apply pre-1970 standards). Only you should be able to determine if "safety" is an issue. This is, after all, freedom of expression. Every Region is different. Use a DER! Think about your own safety and realize that you can do a better job that FAA "recommendations." You can do better than mil-spec, too. Hydro pump - use a wire that can carry the amperage. Strobe wires - Whelen knows what it is doing... Toxic fumes - think more about CO and upholstery materials. Remember that the current rating of wires is reduced when thay are gathered in bundles. Use the right size breakers. Scott Krueger Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld -------------------------------1071016843 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 12/9/2003 5:33:34 PM Central Standard Time,=20 Wclarkstill@aol.com writes:

<= FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>Must everything in the cockpit be Tefzel? If s= o, what=20 about nonTefzel cables that come with parts (e.g. strobe cables)? Sh= ould=20 I use Tefzel only in high current applications (e.g. hydraulic pump)? = ;=20 Any words of wisdom?

Wisdom??????

Theoretically, you can use lamp cord if you want to. The inspecto= r=20 must issue the airworthiness certificate if your paperwork is in order, it l= ooks=20 like it might get off the ground, and you generally use (not required)=20 aircraft accepted practices (deadly if the guy is old enough to=20 apply pre-1970 standards). Only you should be able to determine i= f=20 "safety" is an issue. This is, after all, freedom of expression.

Every Region is different. Use a DER!

Think about your own safety and realize that you can do a better job th= at=20 FAA "recommendations." You can do better than mil-spec, too.

Hydro pump - use a wire that can carry the amperage.

Strobe wires - Whelen knows what it is doing...

Toxic fumes - think more about CO and upholstery materials.

Remember that the current rating of wires is reduced when thay are gath= ered=20 in bundles.

Use the right size breakers.

Scott=20 Krueger
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)

"..= .as=20 we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also k= now=20 there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do= not=20 know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't=20 know." D. Rumsfeld

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