Wirebook Repository on RivetBangers

[smithhb]

I posted this idea on the "other" site and got a good sampling of interest from several builders but no response from the site owner. Here is my suggestion.

Wire Book Library?
Has anyone ever considered creating a wire book library for builders to reference when trying to create their own wire schematics? I, for one, am realizing that I am re-inventing the wheel for many of the devices I will be wiring in my RV and many of you builders who have been down this road have excellent schematics already created just sitting and taking up Mb's of storage space on your computers.

I see LOTS of posts here, on Matronics, and the various Yahoo Group Lists where builders request a particular schematic and there are repeated replies with various options and suggestions. But it is not organized.

Bob Nuckolls has offered help many times but the builder is faced with searching the archives which can be an arduous task.

My thought is to develop a repository of drawings/schematics in Visio, .dwg and .pdf formats that can be logically organized and searched. The particular drawings could then be viewed and downloaded based on your particular need. Ideally, this could be set up as a website and have links to designs.

For example, say someone wanted to see a wiring design for installing a small 7aH battery as a backup to power their GRT EFIS prior to startup? I know that Paul Dye has a simple hand-drawn schematic but how do I find it? Was it posted on Matronics Lists? No, maybe it was on the Yahoo RV List... No, not there... Heck, I'll just post a request for it on several sites and hopefully Paul will see it. See what I mean?

Catagories could include:

Complete Wire Book
Autopilots
Com Radios
NAV Radios
GPS
Grip controls
Ray Allen Products
Antennas
Trim Speed Reduction
Lighting
Flaps
Annunciators
Backup batteries, etc.

What does everyone else think about this? Spike, would you be willing to host this as a section under Electrical Systems?

[Spike]

Ill remind everybody that we have a document repository, as well as a web resources section. There are links above (Document Share, Builder's Resources) and on the main splash page.

If you create a document, or groups of documents, Id be more than happy, excited even, to host them for the community. Thats why we are here.

[smithhb]

Great Spike,

Now if we could provide an outline for uploading of various diagrams. We would still need a place to "link" for those with non-html diagrams.

Would the documents need to be submitted to you, Spike, to be added to the Document Share? I don't think we have access to upload there.

[jim_geo]

If you're interested I have a web site. It would be easy for me to create a folder and link directly to it. I could upload the schematics and update an index page so it would become a click too affair. If interested contact me and we can work out the details. The web site has been newly renewed for the next two years and I do very little with it.

[Spike]

Yes, just give them to me and I put them up. If I open it up for web based uploads then thats another spam portal I have to be careful of.

As Jim mentioned though, some of those documents are links to other sites. We could go the way he suggests if necessary.

Spike

[Speed3Guy]

Spike,

If the wiring diagrams people submit have components made by non advertisers, are you going to ban them? Oh wait, wrong site....

[svanarts]

Heh heh.