Mike Wills wired this RV4 all with white wire. Most of the
wires are unmarked. They are bundled together based on the
fact that they seem to be going only in a particular direction.

Since he had Tracy's computer many of the wires are no longer
needed.

What it amounts to is a nightmare rats nest of wires. I had
to unbundle them and try to figure out where each
wire started and ended.

I will remove all the wires associated with Tracy's computer
as I am installing a Holley 2 barrel carb instead.

Back when I was working for Chaparral cars in the late
1960's I simplified the wiring on the 2F by using circuilt breakers
that had toggle switches killing two birds with one stone.

This greatly simplified the wiring.
Normally the switched are on one panel and the circuit breakers
are on another. That is the way Mike did it but he used
fuses instead of circuit breakers. Circuit breaker are expensive
and heavy. The versions with toggle switched are really expensive
at about $35 dollar each and also heavy.

The boating industry to the rescue again. West Marine has a
panel with six circuit-breaker-switchs. For icing on the
cake they have LED's that indicate when the circuit breaker
is tripped. This is ideal for boats, racing cars and airplanes.

The cost is only $55 dollars.

The weight is only .3 pounds.

I plan on mounting them on a panel just in front of the stick
below the instrument panel. This will shorten much of the wiring
as a lot of the switches have to do with fuel pump and battery
selectors.

Paul Lamar


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