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 Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: fiberglass wingtip_position light |
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Two questions for the list;
1) i have fitted the fiberglass wingtip as best i can, it seems to fit well
except for a 4mm gap between the fiberglass and the sheet metal at the
leading edge. I have tried heating the fiberglass with a hairdryer as
suggested by zenith, hell, i even tried (carefully) using a propane
torch....(shudder). I also tried replacing the A4 with an A5 to see if that
would narrow the gap, all to no avail. so my question is; do I leave it,
fill it in and paint or does anyone have any other suggestions.
2) any ideas how to ground the position light? I was simply going to run a
short piece of wire from the inside of the light socket (housing) via a ring
connector and an A4 rivet and connect it to the aiframe with a second piece
of wire. Any other suggestions?
Brad Cohen
maureenandbrad(at)hotmail.com
601XL, thinking about corvair power
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: fiberglass wingtip_position light |
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2) That idea will work OK. Make sure you sand off the point where
your ground wire will attach to the airframe (to remove any oxide
coating) and use an anti-oxidation compound on this termination. A
product called "No-Ox" is available for use on aluminum to copper
electrical connections. Anti-sieze might work as well.
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2) any ideas how to ground the position light? I was simply going
to run a short piece of wire from the inside of the light socket
(housing) via a ring connector and an A4 rivet and connect it to
the aiframe with a second piece of wire. Any other suggestions?
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chris Sinfield
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: fiberglass wingtip_position light |
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With the earth I took an each way bet, and for the cost and weight of an extra wire I ran a seperate earth wire for my strabe / nav lights back to the fuse.. I can always use it as a power wire later If I ever need an extra one.
Chris
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Michael Valentine
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: fiberglass wingtip_position light |
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I don't think you need to ground the nav light separately. The strobe power supply obviously needs to be grounded. But, I believe that one of the wires running from the light unit back to the power supply grounds everything in the light housing. At least, my lights have worked on the table and all I have grounded is the power supply.
For the electrically gifted, am I wrong on this one?
Michael in NH
On 2/16/07, maureen cohen < maureenandbrad(at)hotmail.com (maureenandbrad(at)hotmail.com)> wrote:[quote]--> Zenith-List message posted by: "maureen cohen" < maureenandbrad(at)hotmail.com (maureenandbrad(at)hotmail.com)>
2) any ideas how to ground the position light? I was simply going to run a
short piece of wire from the inside of the light socket (housing) via a ring
connector and an A4 rivet and connect it to the aiframe with a second piece
of wire. Any other suggestions?
Brad Cohen
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amyvega2005(at)earthlink.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject: fiberglass wingtip_position light |
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if you look AT THE LIGHT HOUSING THAT IS TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WING HOLDING THE LENSE, THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE WIRE, VISUALLY TOUCHING THE METAL OF THE HOUSING, ITS DIFFERENT WITH EACH MANUFACTURER.
JUAN
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