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Date:         Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:35:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Ampacity was Re: Headlight Upgrade Double Check (fuses)
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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speaking of conduit, you ever tried running insulated wire through "de cored" braided rope to give that cloth covered retro wire look?

I'm fooling around with this, got some cheap braided rope with easily removable core. Looks pretty good when you slip the de-cored rope over your wires. Purely cosmetic, nice when wire runs are visible.

alistair

On 2012-10-25, at 5:51 PM, neil n wrote:

> Nah. Second time. ;^) > > Ran a secured piece of EMT in rear cubby below table on my '81 Westy > to protect a + wire I ran through there then up behind rear cabinet to > a 12V outlet in spice rack. In hindsight maybe running it along > surface of pillar and covered it with a race if I was going to those > lengths. > > I get what you're saying. And, the + wire running from dash to kitchen > appliances runs under the carpet and it's been fine, though AFAIK, it > would see less of a load with only OEM Westy appliances using it. > > Neil. > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:33 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > >> At 10:56 PM 10/24/2012, neil n wrote: >>> >>> Should I run them in conduit or is that overkill? (thinking of heat >>> generated) >> >> >> Making a harness is good for neatness, bad for shedding heat. Conduit same >> but also gives physical protection. >> >> If you did use conduit I bet it would be the first time it was ever done in >> an automotive application. > > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines


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