Brief Description: Grounded intercom shields and conductors
Since most of the circuits tested ok on the intercom harness I decided to splice into the shield pigtails, extend the wires, and attach to a new airframe ground post. I reduced the wires by about half by combining the pigtails from the rear cockpit, front cockpit, and radios together with a but splice. I then added a new ground post close to the starboard side and attached the four grounds (the ground for the aux audio was not combined with any other ground).
I took a look at terminating the flap wires near the flap actuator but that will require a little more thought. The wires are beneath the floor and must come up thru the floor, then back thru a bulkhead and finally attach to the leads from the flap control mechanism. There are four wires including the power, ground, extend, and retract. I am going to need some kind of small connector that can be mounted in the floor so the wires can be "plugged" in from both sides in the event the floor must be removed (don't want to cut wires). Might be able to use some mil-spec D-sub pins and sockets protected and secured with heat shrink tube. The wires could then be routed thru a grommet or snap bushing allowing for easy removal and or installation of the floor panel. The wires with pins could be pulled thru the grommet without cutting. That's a thought worth pusuing!
