Wendell Folks RV-8 Project - Page 36.

December 23, 2006:  The focus today was on wiring to something at last, not just pulling wires for future connections.  The outer instrument panel is clecoed in position to the sides of the fuselage allowing connections to the starter switch, master switch and the alternator field control switch.   A ground wire connection has also been added behind the panel.

Behind the panel, the wires from the Lasar Ignition control module have been connected to the circuit breaker on the master bus.  The three wiring harnesses for the Dynon D10-A, the Trio wing leveler, and the Trio altitude hold are all positioned close to the instrument panel.  Excess cable for those harnesses has been pulled from the instrument area toward their termination points.

December 26, 2006:  This day after Chistmas is always a slow day "at the office" as usual.  When 5 PM rolled around, I headed over to Wendell's workshop to help him with his airplane work.   He continues with the engine cooling baffles while I make sure more wires are put in place.  The oil pressure switch gets the wires connected to ground, the Hobbs meter, and the low oil pressure warning light.

The new wires from the oil pressure switch are routed along with the oil temp and carb temp probe wires.  Wires still need to be added for the oil and fuel pressure sensors.  For now, the wires are tie-wrapped to the oil pressure hose.   I can see that new ansel clamps will need to be installed just for the growing bundle of wires.  We still have eight additional wires to install to connect the EGT and CHT probles on cylinders 2 and 4 on the left side of the engine.

Here is the terminating point for one of the wires from the oil pressure switch -- the negative terminal of the Hobbs meter.  The power terminals on the Hobbs meter were not marked in any way.  I went online to get the drawings to be sure which was positive and which was negative.

The flap control switch is now wired to the circuit breaker panel and to the two wires that go to the flap motor.  The blue wire will go to chassis ground to complete the circuit.

The last of the wiring completed tonight was on the eyeball light on the left side.  The wire gauge is small on these lights.  The soldering iron and some heat shrink was the best way to connect the lights to the 22 gauge Tefzel wire from the switch panel.  I made sure there is enough slack in the wires behind the instrument panel to allow removal and replacement of the lights if one should ever burn out.   When the forward top skin is riveted in place, the only way to access these lights for service is from inside the cockpit.