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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:59 am    Post subject: Arctic super-flex wire Reply with quote

At 06:14 PM 8/23/2018, you wrote:
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Short lengths of 12,10,8 and 4awg are on the way. Let us know what you think.


Sent from my Android. Sorry Steve.

Got Steve's samples in the mail a few days ago.
Pretty nice stuff. Certainly adequate to our
fat-wire needs. Flexibility on the same order
as welding cable and available at comparable
prices.

http://aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Wire/Actic%20UltraFlex/Arctic%20UltraFlex.pdf


I did a po' boy's fat-wire terminal installation
by the stuff-n-solder method . . .

http://aeroelectric.com/articles/big_term.pdf

The insulation was well behaved and demonstrated
little if any melt-back from the soldering operation.



Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:15 pm    Post subject: Arctic super-flex wire Reply with quote

Bob,
My concern with similar high-strand-count wires for aircraft applications has been that the soft silicone insulation doesn't seem to offer much protection against cutting and abrasion.
What's your take on that? Just be careful to route and support it properly and avoid nicking it with tools during maintenance? Or is the insulation on this wire superior?
Henry

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 11:07 Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)> wrote:

Quote:
At 06:14 PM 8/23/2018, you wrote:
Quote:
Short lengths of 12,10,8 and 4awg are on the way. Let us know what you think.


Sent from my Android. Sorry Steve.

   Got Steve's samples in the mail a few days ago.
   Pretty nice stuff. Certainly adequate to our
   fat-wire needs. Flexibility on the same order
   as welding cable and available at comparable
   prices.

http://aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Wire/Actic%20UltraFlex/Arctic%20UltraFlex.pdf


   I did a po' boy's fat-wire terminal installation
   by the stuff-n-solder method  . . .

http://aeroelectric.com/articles/big_term.pdf

   The insulation was well behaved and demonstrated
   little if any melt-back from the soldering operation.



  Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:43 pm    Post subject: Arctic super-flex wire Reply with quote

I'm not Bob, but if you're talking about the welding cable a lot of us use, do you know any welders? Ever watched what happens to cables on a shop floor, or on a construction site?

The bigger (pardon the pun) issue is that the insulation is quite a bit thicker than milspec wire's insulation, so if you're running it from behind the seats to the firewall, it'll fill up the holes in your bulkheads quicker.

Not sure about the silicone reference; EPDM seems to be a more common insulator.

Charlie

On 9/9/2018 3:14 PM, Henry Hallam wrote:

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Bob,
My concern with similar high-strand-count wires for aircraft applications has been that the soft silicone insulation doesn't seem to offer much protection against cutting and abrasion.


What's your take on that? Just be careful to route and support it properly and avoid nicking it with tools during maintenance? Or is the insulation on this wire superior?


Henry



On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 11:07 Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)> wrote:

Quote:
At 06:14 PM 8/23/2018, you wrote:
Quote:
Short lengths of 12,10,8 and 4awg are on the way. Let us know what you think.


Sent from my Android. Sorry Steve.

   Got Steve's samples in the mail a few days ago.
   Pretty nice stuff. Certainly adequate to our
   fat-wire needs. Flexibility on the same order
   as welding cable and available at comparable
   prices.

http://aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Wire/Actic%20UltraFlex/Arctic%20UltraFlex.pdf


   I did a po' boy's fat-wire terminal installation
   by the stuff-n-solder method  . . .

http://aeroelectric.com/articles/big_term.pdf

   The insulation was well behaved and demonstrated
   little if any melt-back from the soldering operation.



  Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:48 pm    Post subject: Arctic super-flex wire Reply with quote

At 03:14 PM 9/9/2018, you wrote:
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Bob,

My concern with similar high-strand-count wires for aircraft applications has been that the soft silicone insulation doesn't seem to offer much protection against cutting and abrasion.

What's your take on that? Just be careful to route and support it properly and avoid nicking it with tools during maintenance? Or is the insulation on this wire superior?

Henry

The samples I have don't look/feel like silicone.
The product data sheet I posted speaks to properties
of the insulation but without mentioning 'silicone'.

The same data sheet suggests a spectrum of
applications . . .

[img]cid:.0[/img]

I suspect that mechanical risks to insulation
failure in airplanes is no greater than many
of those applications cited.

"Cutting" and "abrasion" distresses will attack
ANY insulation. Installation and routing practices
should seek to eliminate such risks irrespective
of type of insulation.



Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:39 pm    Post subject: Arctic super-flex wire Reply with quote

Thanks for checking it out Bob.

Sent from my Android. Sorry Steve.

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 10:04 Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)> wrote:

Quote:
At 06:14 PM 8/23/2018, you wrote:
Quote:
Short lengths of 12,10,8 and 4awg are on the way. Let us know what you think.


Sent from my Android. Sorry Steve.

   Got Steve's samples in the mail a few days ago.
   Pretty nice stuff. Certainly adequate to our
   fat-wire needs. Flexibility on the same order
   as welding cable and available at comparable
   prices.

http://aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Wire/Actic%20UltraFlex/Arctic%20UltraFlex.pdf


   I did a po' boy's fat-wire terminal installation
   by the stuff-n-solder method  . . .

http://aeroelectric.com/articles/big_term.pdf

   The insulation was well behaved and demonstrated
   little if any melt-back from the soldering operation.



  Bob . . .


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