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Date:  4-2-2016
Number of Hours:  5.00
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Brief Description:  Panel wiring

Out to the hangar a little late this morning, hoping to get some wiring done. The first order of the day was to fabricate a bracket that would allow me to mount most of the switches to a “sub-panel” of sorts. The idea was to avoid having to remove every wire from every switch if I ever needed to pull the panel. I used a spare piece of .050 aluminum and clamped it to the back of the panel. Tracing each switch hole with a sharpie, I moved to the bench to find the centers and first drill #30, finally drilling each hole out to 15/32” to accommodate the switches. The switches are supplied with a “keyed” anti-rotation washer that I elected to put on the aft side to preclude drilling a bunch of ugly holes in the panel for the anti-rotation tab. Each switch hole got a 1/8” hole drilled for the washer, and then after putting each switch in its place, I inserted the assembly into the panel…worked like a champ.

Next I rearranged a couple of circuit breakers, trimmed the bus bars down a bit, and then put the bus bars on the lower attach points on the breakers. My logic is “power into the lower and out through the upper” to keep some semblance of order in the wiring. I also plan to do the same for the switches. Once everything is in place I will use some heat shrink to cover the bus bars and prevent inadvertent contact with anything.

I figured out that my panel dimmer was not going to fit where I had originally intended, so I selected a location below the proposed backup ADI and then drilled & fitted that switch. Finally I spent about an hour and a half running the initial wires from various circuit breakers to the respective switches.
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Switch mount for more easy removal

Switch mount for more easy removal

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New switch layout with panel dimmer in place

New switch layout with panel dimmer in place

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Initial wiring of panel

Initial wiring of panel

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