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Physical Impact on Coax Cable Performance – Holiday Season 2023

Lectromec Team
Every year, Lectromec creates a video to celebrate the holiday season. This year, we decided to piggyback on an article from last month and continue testing coax cable. This year’s holiday video title, “Think ‘Drummer Boy’, but instead of a drum, the boy is striking a coax cable” examines the impact different severities of physical impact have on coax cable performance. Read more

The Special Little Wire – Holiday Season 2022

Lectromec Team
“The Special Little Wire” is a story about a cheerful 24AWG wire journey to achieve his dream of being installed on an aircraft. But will he be able to become part of an aircraft Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS). Read more

An Over-Current of Christmas Joy

Lectromec Team
Nearing the end of 2021 we wanted to share one last wire experiment. Please enjoy Lectromec’s Over-Current of Christmas Joy. Happy Holidays! – the Lectromec team Read more

How to automate aerospace bent pin wire analysis with Nat Ozarin

Lectromec Team
Today’s guest is Nat Ozarin, Senior Software and Reliability Engineer with The Omnicon Group Inc. He has decades of experience troubleshooting a wide range of issues with a particular emphasis on aircraft electrical systems. During the interview Nat reviews his academic and corporate background. He details his frustration with attempting to do bent pin analysis […] Read more

High temperatures and testing electrical aircraft components

Lectromec Team
An aircraft must perform under a wide range of temperature conditions. As a result, designers must pay attention to testing electrical aircraft components to see if they can endure constant changes in temperatures over the years. Today we have a short video that gives an overview of what role a scientific oven plays in testing […] Read more

What are the top 10 articles for aircraft wiring systems professionals for 2015?

Lectromec Team
Through its research, articles, videos, and continuous involvement in the aerospace community, Lectromec has been contributing to the knowledge base for aircraft wiring systems for three decades. To continue to further this goal, we have started to take a look at the most popular articles from the past year to see what readers find of […] Read more

The benefits of aircraft electrical system analyzers with Chris Teal

Lectromec Team
Welcome to the Lectromec podcast with John Gilroy. The podcast that helps you improve your understanding of aircraft electrical systems. Every month we interview experts in the public and private sector to help you increase your knowledge of the design and maintenance of aerospace wire systems. Today’s guest is Chris Teal, the Marketing Director from […] Read more

Why use an ISO 17025 certified lab for testing aircraft electrical systems?

Lectromec Team
Lectromec has an ISO 17025:2005 certified lab. What value does that bring to you? What impact will it have for testing aircraft electrical systems? This two minute video gives an answer: the ISO designation means Lectromec cares about quality. You can trust the results when you have your aircraft electrical system or component tested by […] Read more

How to identify an aircraft wire or cable

Lectromec Team
If you are trying to identify an aircraft wire or cable, you may want to take advantage of the lessons Lectromec has learned in the past three decades. Because we are in the business of evaluating electrical systems, we frequently open up boxes where we must determine origin and manufacturer of wire and cable. This […] Read more

What is an aircraft wire Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)?

Lectromec Team
Over the years, the Lectromec website has received hundreds of thousands of visits. Often the topic of interest deals with Aircraft Wire Service Life Extension Programs. Because of this popularity, the Lectromec Podcast sat down with the president of Lectromec, Michael Traskos, to talk about Service Life Extension, or SLEP. During the interview Michael starts […] Read more