During the last few days i have been working on the zip tips. Main work has been to install fasteners for the inspection panel and to complete the wiring with a CPC 16 pole connector.
For the Inspection panel i decided to install K1000-08 nutplates with a 0.25 aluminum reinforcement on the zip-tip. I used the West system based flox to attach the aluminum band to the zip tip fiberglass.
For the connector i used the free hanging male CPC 16 connector and open pins. Crimping and installing has been relatively simple once identified the right crimper.
I used the printer to mark each single wire using the following coding
L- For Lights
XXX (function T, L, N, P,)
LX/RX left or right
SG-1-4 (segment 4 from the cockpit panel).
Once inserted the connector i used heatshrinkable tubing to bond them together and i wrapped everything with silicon tape in order to give to the CPC strain relief something to bite on.
The scheme attached indicates the pins to use on the CPC connector. They are a subset of the depicted scheme. The depicted scheme reflects the connections behind the inspection panel and doesn't clearly identify the wires coming out (only color coding).