X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 10 [X] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:03:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.97.160.63] (HELO n054.sc0.he.tucows.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.4) with ESMTP id 1755802 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:52:21 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.97.160.63; envelope-from=billhogarty@hughes.net Received: from fh028.dia.cp.net (64.97.131.2) by n054.sc0.he.tucows.com (7.2.069.1) id 45A6BF97000450CB; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:51:24 +0000 Received: from 216.7.150.26 (authenticated as user billhogarty@hughes.net) by 64.97.160.38 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:51:23 UTC X-Original-Message-ID: <15626802.1168663883947.JavaMail.?@fh028.dia.cp.net> X-Original-Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:51:23 +0000 (UTC) From: "billhogarty@hughes.net" Reply-To: "billhogarty@hughes.net" X-Original-To: Subject: Re: [LML] Connectors X-Original-Cc: varganbr@sbcglobal.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2410_11514490.1168663883945" ------=_Part_2410_11514490.1168663883945 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For Ian Crowe: I have seen an instrument panel sitting on the wing of a Glassair completely operational using a removable harness with all gold connectors (from RAYCHEM, I believe). Unfortunately, the builder subsequently moved the aircraft to Florida before I could get any info on the performance of this "connected" panel. In my many years as an EE with Underwriters Laboratories in Santa Clara, I have seen wiring with connectors of every type. I can vouch for the old saying that "the fault is usually in the termination, rarely in the wiring. Personally, I have tried to make all the terminations in my machine as permanent as possible since I consider the (aircraft) environment pretty hostile to connectors. On the other hand, the folks in the space industry seem to have a pretty good handle on this problem although I dont think my budget could afford their brand of connectors. Regards, Bill Hogarty ------=_Part_2410_11514490.1168663883945 Content-Type: text/html;charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

For Ian Crowe:

I have seen an instrument panel sitting on the wing of a Glassair completely operational using a removable harness with all gold connectors (from RAYCHEM, I believe).   Unfortunately, the builder subsequently moved the aircraft to Florida before I could get any info on the performance of this "connected" panel.

In my many years as an EE with Underwriters Laboratories in Santa Clara, I have seen wiring with connectors of every type.  I can vouch for the old saying that "the fault is usually  in the termination, rarely in the wiring.

Personally, I have tried to make all the terminations in my machine as permanent as possible since I consider the (aircraft) environment pretty hostile to connectors.  On the other hand, the folks in the space industry seem to have a pretty good handle on this problem although I dont think my budget could afford their brand of connectors.

Regards, Bill Hogarty

 

 

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