software for designing a wiring loom

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> beamendsltd wrote:
>>
>> And laced, not ty-wraped, all the cables parallel and neatly bundled..
> Yes, yes.
> And with all branches terminates at right angles to the bundles.
> ;-)
> Steve

Hmmmm..... yes, the good old Nimrod (Aahhhh) has all it's wiring done that
way, whereas the Tornado (Spit!) isn't anywhere near as neat or logical. It
(tornado) also uses the most disgustingly dodgy aviation wire ever
invented.... Kapton! So easily damaged and extremely prone to a phenomenon
known as "carbon arcing" that you'd have thought the "prince of darkness"
designed it. Lol!
Badger.

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> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > beamendsltd wrote:
> >>
> >> And laced, not ty-wraped, all the cables parallel and neatly bundled..
> > Yes, yes.
> > And with all branches terminates at right angles to the bundles.
> > ;-)
> > Steve
>
> Hmmmm..... yes, the good old Nimrod (Aahhhh) has all it's wiring done that
> way, whereas the Tornado (Spit!) isn't anywhere near as neat or logical.
It
> (tornado) also uses the most disgustingly dodgy aviation wire ever
> invented.... Kapton! So easily damaged and extremely prone to a phenomenon
> known as "carbon arcing" that you'd have thought the "prince of darkness"
> designed it. Lol!
> Badger.
>

Well Peter Mandelson does apparently get around a bit ... to coin a phrase.
;-)

Steve
(the other Steve)

In article <[email protected]>, Greg_False
<[email protected]> writes

>>>> RS http://rswww.com sell them, but I think "Hellerman" is the
>>>> manufacturer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> RS Stock no: 666-515
>>>
>> There's them - the self sealing write on ones, and the ones we used
>> 557-017 , 557-023 "HellaGrip" - to use lots of them, make a "thorn" with a
>> pointed end, and a hole in the back that the cable can be pushed into. Set
>> up the numbers on the thorn, and then slide them back onto the cable.
>> Because they are self coloured as well as numbered, they can't get lost -
>> like 101 ambi numbers do.
>
>
>Thanks, what a mouth watering site.

I doubt they still produce the printed catalogue (last one I had was two
years ago: about the size of a milk crate in six or so volumes), but in
pre-web days they also produced a separately-priced export catalogue,
which was often *much* cheaper than 'local' prices here in the UK.

They might still do special export terms if you contact them. Without
that they're horribly expensive, although fast and goods are usually
very good quality.

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:

> I doubt they still produce the printed catalogue (last one I had was two
> years ago: about the size of a milk crate in six or so volumes), but in
> pre-web days they also produced a separately-priced export catalogue,
> which was often *much* cheaper than 'local' prices here in the UK.

Still do the paper catalogue, and they are price competitive against
other high speed suppliers like FEC these days. Well, often anyway.

Steve

On Tue, 16 May 2006 22:27:35 +0100, Tom Woods
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 16 May 2006 22:16:02 +0100, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>>
>>>This is a pretty good guide to old British wiring colours, but it is
>>>by no means the definitive - some of the colours are not what I've
>>>found on old cars, but you have to start with something.
>>>
>>>http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/file_uploads/Colour_code_for_vehicle_wiring_-_new_order_2.pdf
>>>
>
>Thanks Alex!.
>
>I've just scrapped an old saab and saved the loom so i can rob lots of
>coloured wire out of it!
>
>>Forgot to mention, there is also a handy list of what those mysterious
>>number codes on relay terminals and things mean - Bosch Electrics
>>number codes
>>
>>http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/file_uploads/bosch_terminal_designations.pdf
>
>I spent hours searching for a list like that the other night!

I can't remember how i came across that website, but i downloaded the
PDF files to my HD for future reference!

Alex

On Wed, 17 May 2006 00:02:12 +0100, Steve Taylor
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Alex wrote:
>
>> I draw relays the old-fashioned way, showing the contacts and the coil
>> as separate items, thus I combine a relay and a set of SPST/SPDT
>> contacts, and group them so they move as a set.
>
>We have a drawing convention at work that relay COILS are designated
>AA/n AB/n AC/n , where n is the number of contacts on the relay, then,
>whereever you use the contacts in circuit, the contact is labelled AA1,
>AA2..AAn, AB1,AB2,ABn etc.
>
>This was taught to me by a guy brought up designing relay logic. Hi Dad.
>

Did he work for the GPO (Telephones) by any chance? Certinaly thier
wiring diagrams the contacts can be on a completely different page to
the coil.....

Alex