HFS
Well Known Member
On your switches/circuit breakers, if you are using ring type terminals instead of the blade variety, this might be a "tip" of interest to you. Many of you may already be using this "mod" - but if not, here goes:
If you have wired up switches/circuit breakers with screw type terminals, as opposed to the push on "blade" type; and, you are using ring terminals instead of blade, you know how difficult it can be (sometimes) to start the small 6-32 screws back into the terminal spade with the captured ring terminal attached. Especially problematic when doing it upside down & overhead under the instrument panel.
What I do instead is to change out all of these screws and replace them with SS socket head Allen screws. By using a "square" head Allen wrench, as opposed to the "rounded" Bondus type; and, a shortened, dedicated, square end 7/64" wrench, which effectively captures the socket screw, you can easily start it into the switch spade.
There's probably something wrong with this idea - but I haven't found it yet.
HFS
If you have wired up switches/circuit breakers with screw type terminals, as opposed to the push on "blade" type; and, you are using ring terminals instead of blade, you know how difficult it can be (sometimes) to start the small 6-32 screws back into the terminal spade with the captured ring terminal attached. Especially problematic when doing it upside down & overhead under the instrument panel.
What I do instead is to change out all of these screws and replace them with SS socket head Allen screws. By using a "square" head Allen wrench, as opposed to the "rounded" Bondus type; and, a shortened, dedicated, square end 7/64" wrench, which effectively captures the socket screw, you can easily start it into the switch spade.
There's probably something wrong with this idea - but I haven't found it yet.
HFS