IVA loose wires??

[David_17]

Finished the majority of my wiring today. Looks nice and neat on the outside, but under the scuttle is a whole different story.

Just wondering what's the rules for IVA with the loose wires? I've cable tied them together the best i can, but can't clip them to anything as they go in all different directions.

What have other people done?

Cheers

Dave

[twinturbo]

I think that will almost certainly fail the IVA.

I think there is some rule that wires should be bundled virtualy all the way to their destination.

TT

[David_17]

They're bundled as best possible (does look worse in pic).

I might tape the the bundles with black tape, so they look a bit neater.

[twinturbo]

Is the chock Block permenant?

Bind all the wires together with loom tape and put in split conduit.

TT

[David_17]

No, the choc bloc can go, getting rid of that will make it a bit neater, but then the wires will be floating, so i'll need to clip them somewhere.

[davidimurray]

Great progress there on the electrics

As TT says that would probably fail IVA. The IVA manual says that "all
electrical cables/wires must be free from chaffing and secured at intervals of at least 300mm unless contained in a secure hollow component"

I have been told that a good guidance is to cover every wire to within an inch of where it connects to. I am working on mine at the moment and I am trying to either put every wire in split conduit or wrapped in loom tape if conduit is not practical. Both the conduit and loom taped parts of the loom will be secured with p clips.