This was a bad day at the workshop, I inadvertently cut a wire while trimming tie-wraps. To make the matter worse, this is a shielded wire, making the repair by soldering more tricky. Does anybody can provide me guidelines and/or tips on how to proceed?
Thanks
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Builder's name: Jean-Pierre Bernoux
Sport Pilot
Kit # 120395 N124BX
Flying as of 9/11/2013
It depends on what purpose the wire has. If it is a twisted pair or other data transmission wire (cat-5) I would replace the wire. If it is for some sort of antenna replace it. Just my opinion, I'm sure someone with more more expertise will post their opinion.
__________________ Joe Mikus
MSgt USAF Ret Avionics Tech
Perryville, MD
Student Sport Pilot
Future RV-12 Builder?
WingedFrog.... send me a PM I should be able to help you. The company I work for mfg's these kind of parts depending how bad a splice might work, but as recommended the end to end wire replacement would be best..
Thanks guys, I found that luckily this wire was unused. I nevertheless repaired it as best as I could as a kind of training. Replacement of the cable was excluded because one end was going into a connector I definitively did not want to get into. I soldered the conductor, covered the repair with heat shrink sleeve and mended the shielding with a piece I took from a TV cable. I covered the mended shield with a heat shrink sleeve again.
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Builder's name: Jean-Pierre Bernoux
Sport Pilot
Kit # 120395 N124BX
Flying as of 9/11/2013
Splicing shielded wires
Hybrid Mode
