Scott Hersha
Well Known Member
Just curious what other builders are doing with the kit supplied wiring harnesses for the RV14. Someone at Vans told me he thought the wing tip light harness is for Aero Led NAV/strobe/landing lights. Some of the wires seem pretty large (gage) for LED lights, and for the landing light, there appears to be 3 conductors? The autopilot harness is for Dynon servos, I think. Couldn't get a definite answer on that and when I talked to Stein about it, they had no idea what any of the harnesses they built are for. They built them to a spec from Vans. Stein doesn't even stock the Molex connectors/pins/sockets that are on the ends of the harnesses. I plan -right now anyway - to use the Molex connectors, because they fit the brackets built into the wings, but the actual harnesses will be different. I found the connectors/pins at Mouser and will buy some spare parts to rebuild harnesses for my needs - Aveo tip lights, Whelen Parmetheus landing lights, Garmin servos, Garmin heated pitot, Garmin temp probe. It would have been nice if the plans gave some info on what these harnesses are designed for. In the future maybe they will be offered as an option. Maybe Stein will take them back as a trade-in on other products. Such is the way when you're a beta-builder....