ASTM F2639-07e1
(Practice)Standard Practice for Design, Alteration, and Certification of Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems
Standard Practice for Design, Alteration, and Certification of Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Design—The design procedures defined in this practice are intended to provide acceptable guidance in the original design of electrical systems.
Alteration—The alteration procedures defined in this practice are intended to provide acceptable guidance for modification of general aviation aircraft. Design of any modification shall follow the practices and processes defined in the design sections of this practice.
Certification—Certification guidance provided in this practice is intended to provide generally accepted procedures and processes for certification of original and modified electrical systems and equipment. Requirements for certification shall be coordinated with the applicable National Aeronautics Association/Civil Aeronautics Administration (NAA/CAA) regulatory agency.
SCOPE
1.1 Definition—This practice defines acceptable practices and processes for the design, alteration, and certification of electric systems and installations in general aviation aircraft. This practice does not change or create any additional regulatory requirements nor does it authorize changes in or permit deviations from existing regulatory requirements.
1.2 Applicability—The guidance provided in this practice is directed to air carriers, air operators, design approval holders, Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) holders, maintenance providers, repair stations, and anyone performing field approval modifications or repairs.
1.3 Protections and Cautions—This practice provides guidance for developing actions and cautionary statements to be added to maintenance instructions for the protection of wire and wire configurations. Maintenance personnel will use these enhanced procedures to minimize contamination and accidental damage to electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) while working on aircraft.
1.4 “Protect and Clean As You Go” Philosophy—This philosophy is applied to aircraft wiring through inclusion in operators’ maintenance and training programs. This philosophy stresses the importance of protective measures when working on or around wire bundles and connectors. It stresses how important it is to protect EWIS during structural repairs, STC installations, or other alterations by making sure that metal shavings, debris, and contamination resulting from such work are removed.
1.5 This practice includes the following sections:
TitleSection Wire Selection5 General5.1 Aircraft Wire Materials5.2 Table of Acceptable Wires5.3 Severe Wind and Moisture Problems (SWAMP)5.4 Grounding and Bonding5.5 Electrical Wire Chart5.6 Wire and Cable Identification6 General6.1 Wire and Cable Identification6.2 Types of Markings6.3 Sleeve and Cable Marker Selection6.4 Placement of Identification Markings6.5 Wiring Installation7 General7.1 Wire Harness Installation7.2 Power Feeders7.3 Service Loops7.4 Drip Loops7.5 Soldering7.6 Strain Relief7.7 Grounding and Bonding7.8 Splicing7.9 Fuel Tank Wiring7.10 Corrosion Preventative Compounds (CPC)
(MIL-C-81309)7.11 Electrical Load Considerations8 General8.1 Methods for Determining the Current-Carrying
Capacity of Wires8.2 Acceptable Means of Monitoring and
Controlling the Electrical Load8.3 Electrical System Components9 General9.1 Alternators9.2 Generators9.3 Ground Power Units9.4 Auxiliary Power Units9.5 Batteries9.6 Circuit Protection Devices9.7 Conduit9.8 Connectors9.9 Inverters and Power Converters9.10 Junctions9.11 Junction Boxes9.12 Electronic Assemblies9.13 Relays9.14 Studs9.15 Switches9.16 Terminals and Terminal Blocks9.17 Waveguides9.18 Electrical System Component Installation10 General10.1 Alternators10.2 Generators10.3 Auxiliary Power Units (APUs)10.4 Batteries10.5 Circuit Protection Devices10.6 Conduit10.7 Connectors10.8 Inverters and Power Converters10.9 Junctions10.10 Junction Boxes, Panels, Shields, and
Microswitch Housings10.11 PC Board Assemblies10.12 Relays10.13 Studs10.14 Switches10.15 Te...
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Designation:F2639 −07
StandardPractice for
Design, Alteration, and Certification of Airplane Electrical
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Wiring Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2639; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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ε NOTE—Added 1.5 editorially in September 2012.
1. Scope
Title Section
Wire Selection 5
1.1 Definition—This practice defines acceptable practices
General 5.1
and processes for the design, alteration, and certification of Aircraft Wire Materials 5.2
Table of Acceptable Wires 5.3
electric systems and installations in general aviation aircraft.
Severe Wind and Moisture Problems (SWAMP) 5.4
This practice does not change or create any additional regula-
Grounding and Bonding 5.5
tory requirements nor does it authorize changes in or permit Electrical Wire Chart 5.6
Wire and Cable Identification 6
deviations from existing regulatory requirements.
General 6.1
Wire and Cable Identification 6.2
1.2 Applicability—The guidance provided in this practice is
Types of Markings 6.3
directed to air carriers, air operators, design approval holders,
Sleeve and Cable Marker Selection 6.4
Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) holders, maintenance
Placement of Identification Markings 6.5
Wiring Installation 7
providers, repair stations, and anyone performing field ap-
General 7.1
proval modifications or repairs.
Wire Harness Installation 7.2
Power Feeders 7.3
1.3 Protections and Cautions—This practice provides guid-
Service Loops 7.4
ance for developing actions and cautionary statements to be
Drip Loops 7.5
Soldering 7.6
added to maintenance instructions for the protection of wire
Strain Relief 7.7
and wire configurations. Maintenance personnel will use these
Grounding and Bonding 7.8
enhanced procedures to minimize contamination and acciden-
Splicing 7.9
Fuel Tank Wiring 7.10
tal damage to electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS)
Corrosion Preventative Compounds (CPC) 7.11
while working on aircraft.
(MIL-C-81309)
Electrical Load Considerations 8
1.4 “Protect and Clean As You Go” Philosophy—This
General 8.1
philosophy is applied to aircraft wiring through inclusion in
Methods for Determining the Current-Carrying 8.2
operators’maintenanceandtrainingprograms.Thisphilosophy
Capacity of Wires
Acceptable Means of Monitoring and 8.3
stresses the importance of protective measures when working
Controlling the Electrical Load
on or around wire bundles and connectors. It stresses how
Electrical System Components 9
important it is to protect EWIS during structural repairs, STC
General 9.1
Alternators 9.2
installations, or other alterations by making sure that metal
Generators 9.3
shavings, debris, and contamination resulting from such work
Ground Power Units 9.4
are removed. Auxiliary Power Units 9.5
Batteries 9.6
1.5 This practice includes the following sections:
Circuit Protection Devices 9.7
Conduit 9.8
Connectors 9.9
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Inverters and Power Converters 9.10
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F39 on Aircraft
Junctions 9.11
Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F39.01 on Design,
Junction Boxes 9.12
Alteration, and Certification of Electrical Systems.
Electronic Assemblies 9.13
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published October 2007. DOI: 10.1520/
Relays 9.14
F2639-07E01.
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2.3 ANSI Standards:
Studs 9.15
Switches 9.16
ANSI/EIA-5200000Generic Specification for Special-Use
Terminals and Terminal Blocks 9.17
Electromechanical Switches of Certified Quality
Waveguides 9.18
ANSI EIA/TIA-568-BCommercial Building Telecommuni-
Electrical System Component Installation 10
General 10.1
cations Cabling Standard
Alternators 10.2
ANSI J-STD-004Requirements for Soldering Fluxes
Generators 10.3
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Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) 10.4
2.4 FAA Standards:
Batteries 10.5
Advisory Circular 20-53AProtection of Aircraft Fuel Sys-
Circuit Protection Devices 10.6
tems Against Fuel Vapor Ignition Due To Lightning
Conduit 10.7
Connectors 10.8
AC 20-136Protection of Aircraft Electrical/Electronic Sys-
Inverters and Power Converters 10.9
tems Against the Indirect Effects of Lightning
Junctions 10.10
AC 21-160ERTCA Document DO-160E
Junction Boxes, Panels, Shields, and 10.11
Microswitch Housings
AC 23.1309-1CEquipment, Systems, and Installations in
PC Board Assemblies 10.12
Part 23 Airplanes
Relays 10.13
AC 25-16Electrical Fault and Fire Prevention and Protec-
Studs 10.14
Switches 10.15
tion
Terminals and Terminal Block
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