Michael Burbidge
Well Known Member
My family wants to know why I'm sitting in the office crying. Well let me tell you.
About a month ago I started wiring my panel in ernest. I got to a point where I thought my panel was in for good, I wasn't turning back. I don't have connectors to my panel wiring that make it so I can remove the panel in 10 minutes. Of course most wires are attached to the panel with either a fast-on connectors or a screws, so I can detach almost all the wires. I have fours indicator lights to which wires are soldered.
For the most part the wiring is complete and working, which is really cool. Here's a few shots from the front and behind the panel. It doesn't look too much like a rats nest.
Great right? Wrong!
Tonight I discovered that I will have to remove my panel. I went to install my radios (xpndr, and COM) and discovered that there is no way to get my transponder harness in without cutting an additional hole in the sub-panel. And I don't believe there's anyway for me to do that cleanly without removing the panel. I just didn't realize that the transponder wiring harness was so long. I was thinking the wiring harness would come out in front of the sub-panel and not have to go through and out from behind.
Here's a picture of the harness. This is the standard connector that came with the transponder. SteinAir built the harness for me.
You can even see looking down into the radio tray that there is currently a bracket on the upper left side of the bottom tray that I will have to trim back, or get rid of completely.
Somehow I knew that my panel wasn't in for the last time. It just seemed too good to be true. But I had sort of past the point mentally, of no return, and was beginning to believe it was in for good.
So I'm crying tonight and maybe tomorrow I will start thinking about undoing all this.
Michael-
About a month ago I started wiring my panel in ernest. I got to a point where I thought my panel was in for good, I wasn't turning back. I don't have connectors to my panel wiring that make it so I can remove the panel in 10 minutes. Of course most wires are attached to the panel with either a fast-on connectors or a screws, so I can detach almost all the wires. I have fours indicator lights to which wires are soldered.
For the most part the wiring is complete and working, which is really cool. Here's a few shots from the front and behind the panel. It doesn't look too much like a rats nest.
Great right? Wrong!
Tonight I discovered that I will have to remove my panel. I went to install my radios (xpndr, and COM) and discovered that there is no way to get my transponder harness in without cutting an additional hole in the sub-panel. And I don't believe there's anyway for me to do that cleanly without removing the panel. I just didn't realize that the transponder wiring harness was so long. I was thinking the wiring harness would come out in front of the sub-panel and not have to go through and out from behind.
Here's a picture of the harness. This is the standard connector that came with the transponder. SteinAir built the harness for me.
You can even see looking down into the radio tray that there is currently a bracket on the upper left side of the bottom tray that I will have to trim back, or get rid of completely.
Somehow I knew that my panel wasn't in for the last time. It just seemed too good to be true. But I had sort of past the point mentally, of no return, and was beginning to believe it was in for good.
So I'm crying tonight and maybe tomorrow I will start thinking about undoing all this.
Michael-