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Hot take: I finally get why the old guy at the hangar in Mobile was so picky about wire marking
Last month, I was troubleshooting a faulty nav light circuit on a Cessna 172, and the wiring diagram was a mess of faded pencil marks. I spent like 4 hours chasing a bad ground because someone didn't label the splices. Now I use that Brady labeler for every single connection, no matter how small. Anyone else have a simple tool that saved them a huge headache?
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vale191mo ago
Ever spend half a day on a simple fix because of a missing label? I feel that. My old shop had a rat's nest of unmarked wires behind the panel. Bought a label maker with my own money after the third time tracing the same circuit. It's one of those things you don't appreciate until you've lost your mind over it.
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wrenstone1mo ago
What kind of label maker did you end up getting? I've been looking at them, but some seem like they'd melt if they got near a hot panel. Did the labels actually stick to the wire insulation long term?
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james67223d ago
Honestly all that labeling seems like overkill. A good mechanic should be able to trace a wire without a sticker holding their hand. Half the time those labels just fall off or get greasy and you can't read them anyway. It's faster to just learn the system and use a multimeter than to rely on some plastic tag that probably won't last.
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