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Jims RV-8
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Date: 12-5-2020
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Number of Hours: 3.10
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Brief Description: Ran wing tip lighting wires
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With my AeroLED set up, there are two sets of lights in each wing tip (Nav/Strobe + Landing/Taxi). The Nav/Strobes use a 20 AWG* 3 conductor shielded wire and the Landing/Taxi lights use 3 wires of 18 AWG and 2 that are 20 AWG. Since, I took off the wing tips yesterday and measured the distance from the outer wing edge to the lighting connector, I knew I would need about 15 inches of wire outboard of the wing. The wing itself is 110" and I will need another 10-15" inside of the fuselage to connect to the terminal posts. Total length adds up to 140" - and I added 5" on each measurement for extra wire/service loops, etc. so I will cut my wires to 155".
I scooted my workbench in just a bit so that the distance from one edge of the 1st workbench to the opposite edge of the other workbench was 155" and then I pulled down the needed sizes/type of wire from the rack. Next it was a matter of clamping on end to edge #1 and running it out to edge #2 and cutting it, and then clamping the loose end. I first cut all the wire - as I needed two of everything for both wings.
With the cut wires sorted into their two piles for each wing, I then laid them out on the table and taped them together at each end. Then it was a matter of taping the fishing line to the end of the wire and pulling it thru the conduit. In reality, this bundle of wire was so thick and stiff, I could just shove the wires thru from one end to the other as it's a straight shot. Additional education gathered...
* AWG or American Wire Gauge is the US standard measure for the diameter of electrical conductors. The American Wire Gauge chart is based on the number of dies originally required to draw the copper down to the required dimensional size. It means the higher the AWG number is, the smaller the wire diameter is.
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two sets/piles of wires - both wings
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laid out on table, measured and cut
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run thru the wing conduit
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