Cheap, er... INEXPENSIVE fuse blocks!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:02 pm

Hey! I spotted these on another builders site and I think I may just be placing an order for some tonight!

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/produc ... oduct=4402

Spike, maybe the resource area for fuse blocks, wire and switches? They also have some AN fittings and what nots.

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:34 pm

I just placed an order for my fuse blocks!

Their price on white wire is GOOD TOO!

Hey, also check out these connectors!

https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/group ... EATHERPACK

Hmmmm, think APPLICATION!

CJ

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:09 pm

CJ, they are good people to work with from my experience. That is where I bought my small sized oops rivets that I have used on most of the nutplates I have installed. They sure have saved a lot of time and effort.

The fuse blocks look like a good deal.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:19 pm

COOL!

I will let ya know what I think about the blocks when they arrive!

I am willing to bet that they will be useable to say the very least!

CJ

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:20 am

JohnR wrote:That is where I bought my small sized oops rivets that I have used on most of the nutplates I have installed.

What is an 'oops rivet? Oversized?

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:53 am

CJ, are you gonna go all fuses instead of breakers?

Check this out. Here is an even cheaper way to go:

http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/default.htm

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:11 pm

TomNativeNewYorker wrote:
JohnR wrote:That is where I bought my small sized oops rivets that I have used on most of the nutplates I have installed.
What is an 'oops rivet? Oversized?

Sort of. Oops rivets are #30 shanks with #40 heads. If you elongate a #40 hole, drill it to a #30, and the head will still show there is no mistake.

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:53 pm

cjensen wrote:
TomNativeNewYorker wrote:
JohnR wrote:That is where I bought my small sized oops rivets that I have used on most of the nutplates I have installed.
What is an 'oops rivet? Oversized?
Sort of. Oops rivets are #30 shanks with #40 heads. If you elongate a #40 hole, drill it to a #30, and the head will still show there is no mistake.

Would that be like a NAS1097AD4-4 rivet? That has a head countersink diameter smaller than a MS20426AD4-4?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:03 pm

Exactly!

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:51 pm

Well, the plane I work on has lots of OOPS rivets.

In most instances the NAS1097 head rivet is standard installation on the aircraft from the factory, and what I normally use on repairs unless the countersinks were damaged and then I would just countersink a little deeper for a 426 head.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:33 pm

Hi Tom, the oops rivets I have been using for platenuts are the smaller ones. The shank fits in a #40 hole and the head is smaller than a normal rivet of that size. It makes it so you can countersink the rivets for the nutplates in a lot of places that you would need to dimple if you did not have them. I usually just use my deburring tool and give it a few turns and then use the smaller "oops" rivets to fasten the nutplate in place. Works great.

The ones I use are NAS1097AD3-4 you can see them by clicking here.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:16 pm

Thanks Will!

I like it!

I swiped a BUNCH of those pics for my OSHA classes!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:53 pm

TomNativeNewYorker wrote:Well, the plane I work on has lots of OOPS rivets.

In most instances the NAS1097 head rivet is standard installation on the aircraft from the factory, and what I normally use on repairs unless the countersinks were damaged and then I would just countersink a little deeper for a 426 head.

Little known fact: Piper Malibu's are built with NAS Oops rivets!

Lorin Dueck · Post by **Lorin Dueck** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:09 pm

All -
FWIW (for what it's worth) - you can make yor own oops rivet.
Just take a regular rivet - 1 size larger than needed & GENTLY sqeeze it (make sure it doesn't buckle).
Doesn't take much pressure - and fills the hole nicely

Lorin D
9A Wings

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:30 pm

Got my fuseblocks today!

Not bad at all!

I am willing to bet that they are the same ones B&C sells!

CJ

Rockyjs · Post by **Rockyjs** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:22 pm

I got a 500' roll of 20 ga wire for $19.95 from Haire Aviation on Ebay. Shipping is $8.00 but they combined shipping for other AN hardware I bought. Good folks to deal with.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:45 pm

I saw that Haire deal on ebay!

20 AWG is kinda a weird size, if you are asking me. I plan on using 22 for comm and light stuff and 18 for light power feeds. 20 seems to be somewhat in the middle.

UPDATE on the Pegasus stuff:

WS and I were dwelling in minutia when looking over my order. The wire they sent me was NOT MILSPEC STUFF! I emailed them about it today. They said to keep the crap they sent me (not milspec) and they will ship milspec stuff this week! Ummmm, okaaaayyyy.

I guess they though that I was an IDIOT!!!

Soooo, if you want sme free hookup wire, order some from them and then you can request some REAL milspec stuff for free!

Hahahaha...

Nevertheless... I would still buy from them, as the seem upstanding and all!

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:44 pm

Yet ANOTHER UPDATE!

captain_john wrote:UPDATE on the Pegasus stuff:

WS and I were dwelling in minutia when looking over my order. The wire they sent me was NOT MILSPEC STUFF! I emailed them about it today. They said to keep the crap they sent me (not milspec) and they will ship milspec stuff this week! Ummmm, okaaaayyyy.

I guess they though that I was an IDIOT!!!

Soooo, if you want some free hookup wire, order some from them and then you can request some REAL milspec stuff for free!

Hahahaha...

Nevertheless... I would still buy from them, as the seem upstanding and all!

CJ

My MILSPEC Wire arrived today, as promised!

Good stuff! I can use the cheap hookup stuff they sent me for bench testing stuff and whatnot!

Cool!

CJ

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:04 pm

CJ, just curious. What did you get? Was it M22579/34?

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:45 pm

Hmmmm, M22579/34?

I dunno what that is, but it is the same stuff that Van sent me for my capacitive fuel tank senders. That is M22759/16.

Where did you see M22579/34 and what is the difference?

I see the 5 and 7 transposed and what is with the suffix?

CJ

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Cheap, er... INEXPENSIVE fuse blocks!

Cheap, er... INEXPENSIVE fuse blocks!

NAS1097AD3-4 is what I am using