Lots of parts and tools starting to come in.

Recent mouser.com order. My biggest yet.

Genuine "molex" crimpers. These are the crimpers needed to crimp the tiny pins onto wire that you then use to create a custom electrical connector. Different than what you would buy in a hardware store. Maybe I can get a close up of how they work some day. The copper part to the left is a "hot knife" blade. It's used for cutting wiring sheathing and braiding.


2ft. roll of wire sheathing for building sensor wiring harnesses. 1000ft of the good stuff.
So, one thing I'm studying is the correct way to build wire harnesses. If you ask around, everyone will point you to a NASA document. Kinda cool. Turns out they had to deal with this stuff for years, and literally, wrote the book on it. It's mostly common sense.


My goal is to be able to make professional grade harnesses and interconnects where it's required. Some of the stuff I've see is over kill for a street car. Other stuff (like using cat 5 cable) is quite clever if you use it for things protected in the interior of the car(just saw that alpha-n uses it). Once you leave the confines of the cabin, things need to be a bit beefier.
But I think you can agree, there is nothing better than a well built, clearly labeled harness to make an install easier and much more trusted.
Here are some example I'll use for inspiration/ideas - (these I believe are all Motec) - something like this is what I'll be doing. Not that's I'll need as many cables for a good long time. But I think you get the idea.


Recent mouser.com order. My biggest yet.

Genuine "molex" crimpers. These are the crimpers needed to crimp the tiny pins onto wire that you then use to create a custom electrical connector. Different than what you would buy in a hardware store. Maybe I can get a close up of how they work some day. The copper part to the left is a "hot knife" blade. It's used for cutting wiring sheathing and braiding.


2ft. roll of wire sheathing for building sensor wiring harnesses. 1000ft of the good stuff.
So, one thing I'm studying is the correct way to build wire harnesses. If you ask around, everyone will point you to a NASA document. Kinda cool. Turns out they had to deal with this stuff for years, and literally, wrote the book on it. It's mostly common sense.


My goal is to be able to make professional grade harnesses and interconnects where it's required. Some of the stuff I've see is over kill for a street car. Other stuff (like using cat 5 cable) is quite clever if you use it for things protected in the interior of the car(just saw that alpha-n uses it). Once you leave the confines of the cabin, things need to be a bit beefier.
But I think you can agree, there is nothing better than a well built, clearly labeled harness to make an install easier and much more trusted.
Here are some example I'll use for inspiration/ideas - (these I believe are all Motec) - something like this is what I'll be doing. Not that's I'll need as many cables for a good long time. But I think you get the idea.


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