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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Various electrical work: 6 hours


  • Worked on wiring some of the circuit breakers for the electronic ignition
  • Put the forward top skin in place and positioned the glare shield trim to figure out the location of the led lighting strips for the instrument panel
  • While figuring out where the lighting wires will go I noticed some defects on the roll bar powder coat that would be very noticeable. Decided to go back to paint. Started removing powder coat.
  • Made the short cables that connect the batteries to the aircraft grounds and the battery contactors. I used 4 awg welding cable as recommended by the author of the Aeroelectric Connection book. These are very short pieces and the welding cable is very flexible. I also used double wall heat shrink then sealed the exposed ends of the cables with e6000. I used the heavy duty ratcheting crimper and fittings from Stein Air.


Locating position of instrument panel led strips:

Battery cables: