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3landertwo Member Since: 27 May 2020 Location: UK Posts: 1089 |
" ......... So I bit the bullet and drilled a hole......."
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26th Aug 2020 8:55 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4704 |
Put a proper grommet or clamp around that. Use a cross hole countersink for deburring.
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26th Aug 2020 10:06 am |
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CED Member Since: 05 Apr 2014 Location: leverington Posts: 226 |
Low modulus silicone is ok, don’t use the general purpose types. |
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26th Aug 2020 6:56 pm |
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davyboy Member Since: 30 Aug 2020 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 156 |
Just reading through items on the lists and with horror seen this!
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3rd Sep 2020 10:07 pm |
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ozjeff62 Member Since: 28 May 2018 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 494 |
FFS what a bunch of nancyboys.
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4th Sep 2020 12:39 am |
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3landertwo Member Since: 27 May 2020 Location: UK Posts: 1089 |
When I worked on Royal Navy ships [salute] after drilling the correct size hole we would insert a Glenair Stuffing Tube, which is a bulkhead compression grommet with nuts either side. After inserting the cable, we would fill the Stuffing Tube with Henley Compound, putty like material, and compress the joint tight.
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4th Sep 2020 7:18 am |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13283 |
put the smallest fuse you can on it and it will be ok. oh and some type of gromet/silicon/plug At work
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4th Sep 2020 8:31 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4704 |
The wire will eventually rub through either the metal or other wires, shorting! I have had it happen on my Peugeot 504, simply old wiring, luckily I was there & put the fire out, it only takes seconds for it to get out of control.
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4th Sep 2020 8:37 am |
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sid Member Since: 16 Jul 2015 Location: devon Posts: 476 |
I use rubber hose to run the wires through then poke that in the hole. |
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4th Sep 2020 3:46 pm |
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davyboy Member Since: 30 Aug 2020 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 156 |
Well, mr ozjeff62 now now, all we are offering is free sound common sense as you first wrote “as I add more stuff to the bus”.
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4th Sep 2020 11:40 pm |
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