Anyone using elect. wire markers?

On Thu, 5 May 2005 15:49:06 -0500, "MJC" wrote:

Looking for some input:
I don't really see a need to buy several different colors of electrical
wire for my homebuilt when you can easily use just one color (white?) to do


I deal with larger aircraft and about the only colored aircraft wire I
have seen is orange stuff they use in flight test so they know which
ones to pull out. Colored wire has plastic insulation and is for cars.
You don't want that stuff in an aircraft.

Most any avionics shops have the equipment to run wire through and
mark it every few inches. In the past, if I buy the wire from my local
shop, they would let me use their marker for nothing.

A low tech option is to buy stick-on markers and identify the ends,
but they tend to fall off after while. What ever you do, mark them
some way or you'll be lost trying to troubleshoot. Take a look at
http://www.jensentools.com/product/c...?parent_id=545
There is probably something there to get you going.