Ed,
Did you read the last line in his message?
The whole thing sounds to me like an April fools
joke and I think you bought it. :o)
Jim
--- Original Message ---
From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Fw: RV-List: Geez

>Below is a indiviual's lament for not using aircraft quality wiring and
>practices.  He is
>building an Rv with intentions of putting a rotary engine in it.  Don't know
>exactly what electrical problem he incountered, but it sounds several
>thousand $$ expensive.
>
>  I presume that everyone knows that the principal difference with aircraft
>wiring is that the copper strands are tin plated to elminate corrosion and
>the TEFEL wire cover is more abrasion and fire resistant.  Most older cars
>would tend to have electrical difficulties after about 10 years due to the
>copper strands starting to oxidized.
>
>So I would recommend not using anything but aircraft quality wiring
>especially on flight critical systems.
>FWIW
>Ed Anderson
>
>Subject: RV-List: Geez
>
>
>> --> RV-List message posted by:
>
>> I know everyone has been on a drill/deburr/dimple soapbox here lately but
>> I've got to mention something more serious in my shop this morning.  If a
>> effort to get this thing flying, I used non standard wiring and walmart
>> electrical connections.  Upon firing the electrical system up, I cooked
>the
>> Dynon, the 430 and Garmin 327 in addition to melting some of my seat
>> material.  In addition, my smoked canopy is now really, really darker than
>> standard.  What a day!!
>>
>> Man, I wish I would have stuck to standard building practices and I
>wouldn't
>> have had to deal with all this on.....................April 1, 2004.  Care
>> to buy a bridge I have??
>>
>>
>
>
>
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