Sorry for what seems to be an idiotic post, but I'm just looking for an anal-retentive/OCD reality check, think of me as the slow runt of the litter.
I'm doing the final wiring attachments, got a bit of a conglomeration of wires here. I could leave them loose, but for neatness I was thinking about lacing them together. Temporarily zip tied them to test, and while the Aircraft EWIS Practices Job Aid says tying is not to be used as an alternative to clamping, tying them together does seem to add a bit of rigidity to even 2 wires, which can only be good. And just looking at the cleaner grouping makes me happy, but I'm worried I'm going too far.
So when would you consider a wire run too short to NOT lace/ziptie together?
(Yeah, I could shorten these runs 1/4-3/4", but all of these are long runs that would be a huge problem to fix if it turned out I cut them too short and needed a leetle bit more later. I ended up with just enough to be extra, but am reluctant to bend the excess into a service loop, don't think there's enough there and don't want to damage the wire.)
TIA
I'm doing the final wiring attachments, got a bit of a conglomeration of wires here. I could leave them loose, but for neatness I was thinking about lacing them together. Temporarily zip tied them to test, and while the Aircraft EWIS Practices Job Aid says tying is not to be used as an alternative to clamping, tying them together does seem to add a bit of rigidity to even 2 wires, which can only be good. And just looking at the cleaner grouping makes me happy, but I'm worried I'm going too far.
So when would you consider a wire run too short to NOT lace/ziptie together?
(Yeah, I could shorten these runs 1/4-3/4", but all of these are long runs that would be a huge problem to fix if it turned out I cut them too short and needed a leetle bit more later. I ended up with just enough to be extra, but am reluctant to bend the excess into a service loop, don't think there's enough there and don't want to damage the wire.)
TIA
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