nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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 Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 5:44 am Post subject: Wire identification |
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Comments/Questions: On the Power Distribution diagrams it doesn't
show any special color for various wires.
Just wondered, there are so many wires in even a small like my RV-4,
should there be different colors for certain connections.
I know RED is for power and BLACK is for ground but are other colors
generally used for other connections or are all wires just considered
either power or ground?
The notion of marking wires with either colors or
legends goes to the future task of troubleshooting.
When you're installing wires, you pretty much know
where they go and what they do. Further, there
are so few wires total in a small aircraft that
spending the $time$ to add any special identification
to a wire adds little value in the future.
Finally, wire is not cheap but buying in full
spools or lots of 100' can save you some money.
You don't want to have long spools of many
colors that leaves you with a lot of left over
wire at the end of your project.
Suggest you go with what ever color (usually
white) that makes sense economically. If you
want to label some or all of them, consider
paper labels held on the ends of the wire runs
with clear heatshrink like . . .
http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Wiring_Technique/Wire_Marking.jpg
Bob . . .
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