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09-02-2019, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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Fusing tape at NAPA
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09-02-2019, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Georgetown, TX
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Heat Shrink...
Just use a small piece of 3/8" - 1/2" heat-shrink tubing, folded over the wires.
The purpose of this material is to prevent chafing or other damage to the tefzel wire insulation as it passes under the strain relief clamp.
my $.02
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09-02-2019, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
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Lots of replies already. I get it and my other wiring supplies from B & C Specialty (the starter and alternator folks), since they're just up the road from me.
https://bandc.com/product/silicone-rubber-tape/
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09-02-2019, 11:31 PM
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if the tape was more of a honey / color, it could be "kapton" tape. kapton tape is "high temp. tape" used in electronics to keep circuit boards from touching. Kapton tape also come in a light butter color......
google it """kapton tape"
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. good day / rick
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09-03-2019, 05:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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connector source
Anyone know where to source the actual metal connector? I tried to find those airplane-quality D-Sub connectors a couple of months ago and failed.
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09-03-2019, 06:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Dallas/Ft Worth, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JordanGrant
Anyone know where to source the actual metal connector? I tried to find those airplane-quality D-Sub connectors a couple of months ago and failed.
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If you're talking about the metal backshell that part is from Garmin.
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09-03-2019, 07:09 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Reno, NV
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Just ask Aircraft Spruce directly
Question: What is the orange tape that Aircraft Spruce uses to protect the wire bundle as it exits the connector? I would like to get some.
Did you try to ask them directly? If you would like to know what Aircraft Spruce uses, just call Aircraft Spruce. I can not see why they would not tell you.
Brian
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09-03-2019, 09:20 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Powder Springs, Ga
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Wire Tape
Use Mil Spec- DMS2186 Type 1. You can get it from several manufactures.
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09-04-2019, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdtofly
Question: What is the orange tape that Aircraft Spruce uses to protect the wire bundle as it exits the connector? I would like to get some.
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F4 tape and more characters...
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09-04-2019, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NC25
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This thread is like the Energizer bunny. It keeps going, and going, and going.
Someone said "Self Fusing Silicone Tape."
My comment: That is what the aerospace industry uses. (and what I use)
Most of the products listed in this thread all fall in the broad category of Self Fusing Silicone Tape. I, like most pilots, are frugal (a nice word for cheap) and desire to use the least expensive product that gives the longest life.
I would not hesitate to use any of the above referenced self fusing silicone tape products on any aircraft I work on or would fly in.
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