What Robert states is good practice. The "professional" layout builders
in town here have almost totally gone to the suitcase connectors. I've
tried a few and they seem to work just fine although I ended up
rerouting the wires and lost them. It sure beats dropping hot solder on
your legs.
Keeping written records is really great too. I don't do it and
sometimes I have to go back through my mind (a very old hard drive here
that doesn't spin up for a long time) why I did what I did. It all
comes from your training--I'm a quick impulse kinda guy so seldom write
much down and I am paying for it. My good friend Jack Troxell, an
engineer who had to document everything has great drawings for
everything plus fixtures and jigs all over the place--if he can located
them!
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
> Bill,
>
> Do not use bare wire for your power bus. In the electrical world, bare
> wire
> is associated with / considered GROUND.
>
> Use suit case connectors for your connections. No stripping or peeling of
> wires, nothing. Open the appropriate supply side, ( 14 ga ) slip over
> the wire
> clamp shut. Open the remaining side for your feeder, slip the feeder
> wire in
> and clamp it shut.
>
> An earlier post mentioned color coding, the best idea ever, that and
> keeping
> great records, schematics, of what you do. The best reason, you may not be
> the one trying to trouble shoot a problem.
>
> Have a great day.
>
> Robert Sherwood
> Cheyenne, Wy
>
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