Strobe light drain wire

[RVNewsletter]

I've got three three-wire shielded cables coming to the Whelen strobe power supply. Each, of course, has a drain wire which needs to be connected to the power supply housing/mounting.

What's the best way to do this:

(1) splice all three wires onto a single wire, put a connector on that wire and attach that? (and if so, what size wire should I use?)

(2) Stick a connector on each of the drain wires and attach them to the same stud on the housing?

[Speed3Guy]

Bob,

I'm not going to claim this is the best way, but it's working well for me. I spliced a pigtail to the braid on each of the strobe wires. I then covered the joint with heat shrink. This is all per a tip I saw on Bob Nuckols' site. Attachment to ground was made by crimping a ring terminal on each pigtail and ran them all to one of the mounting fasteners for the strobe power supply.

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[Spike]

Wow, that looks nice and clean.

[airguy]

Very clean, nice job.