Wiring for tail light ?

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Mark Browning
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Wiring for tail light ?

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Hi Guy’s

Has anyone got any idea on how /where to pass the wiring harness through the vertical stab, for the rear tail light on the rudder?
Scratching my head with this one! :dunno:

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I don't have an exact answer for you, but if you have the issues of the RVator from this year (maybe '05??), there was a nice write up on how and where to do it. :dunno:
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Mark,
I ran mine thru the vertical stab just above the center hinge point where I drilled a 1/2 in hole for the wire, and then ran the wire down the rudder thru a slot I cut in the rudder L.E. and down to the lower faring then back to the tail light in the faring. I protected the wire with some linear gromet material i bought from ACS. It works great and does not bind the rudder and provides plenty of length for flexing. Good Luck,

Dan

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Hi Dan

Thanks for the advice, sounds a good way to me :roll:

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RVAtor had an article on this awhile back. IN fact, I stuck some pix in the very firstRV Builder's Hotline. and I stuck a pdf of the article in the Yahoogroup file section.

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RVNewsletter wrote:RVAtor had an article on this awhile back. IN fact, I stuck some pix in the very firstRV Builder's Hotline. and I stuck a pdf of the article in the Yahoogroup file section.
Thanks for the info and link

Cheers :)

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Dan A wrote:Mark,
I ran mine thru the vertical stab just above the center hinge point where I drilled a 1/2 in hole for the wire, and then ran the wire down the rudder thru a slot I cut in the rudder L.E. and down to the lower faring then back to the tail light in the faring. I protected the wire with some linear gromet material i bought from ACS. It works great and does not bind the rudder and provides plenty of length for flexing. Good Luck,

Dan
Hi Dan

I like the your idea
many thanks
Mark :roll:

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