Wiring

On 7/3/2010 6:37 AM, John wrote:
I'm considering installing a climb/cruise switch, gear warning, and
spoiler warning sensors (all driven by a C302). I've not done any
wiring on gliders before - is there a specific grade of wire that
should be used? And what gauge is typically used for this sort of
thing?


By "spoiler warning", do you mean a warning that your spoilers are
unlocked after you've accelerated to 20 knots or so at the start of the
tow? The 302 can be set to do that, which I've done on my glider.

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On Jul 4, 10:13*am, wrote:
You don't need "good soldering skills", if you use crimp on
connectors, which are preferred over solder joints.

Consider a seperate power source (9 V battery) for your gear warning.

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(Aren't we supposed to wait until the season is over to start a wiring
thread?)

I agree that good crip connections (done with the correct ratcheting
crimper) are preferable to solder. But I'll disagree on the 9V battery
idea. The OP should consider using the capability of the C302 he has
in his ship, its U/C and spoiler warnings are worth using and a
separate 9V battery is just yet another thing to fail, go flat, leak
etc (I've fished out rotten old leaking 9V batteries from club ship's
vario backups etc.). If you main ships battery does not provide
reliable power that is a separate problem that should be fixed.

To the O.P. ... Regardless of what wire and terminations etc. you use
the most important stuff is just a good sense of workmanship and basic
electrical and glider practical sense, and not doing something bad
that could cause serious problems (electrical short, jammed controls,
etc.). As with many of these threads I'd hate to think of people doing
much work on their glider based on Q&A on r.a.s. It may be worth
finding somebody who, maybe another owner, or a glider A&P and have
them help with advice and maybe supervise you. And in the case of an
A&P maybe sign off your work if needed.

There are also old threads on r.a.s that address glider wiring you can
search for them.


Darryl

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Enjoy, John DeRosa

On Jul 5, 7:38*am, ContestID67 wrote:
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http://www.matronics.com/aeroelectric/Downloads.html

I had a problem using the above web address. *I tried looking at the
images on the site athttp://www.matronics.com/aeroelectric/Photos_Figures..html
and got a permissions issue.

I contacted the web master and he told me to use;http://aeroelectric.com/Photos_Figures.html

Enjoy, John DeRosa

Thanks for the ideas - I agree on using the 302 as existing
functionality is within the product. I do have a bit of experience
but would surely have somebody authorized check over the work done.
Safety above all else, right? As for doing this in the off-season,
I've got nice long summer evenings to kill time doing something other
than sitting around - assuming summer will arrive sometime soon! Just
exploratory post to get ideas - will troll the archives for specifics
when the time comes. Thanks again for the feedback.

John