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Re: Long Wiring
we had this problem in 2001 when we had a long telescoping arm. we fixed it in a jury rig kind of way, but it worked.
we took a long piece of surgical tubing and affixed our wiring to it at regular intervals. for example, if the wiring was tied off at every 3 inches of surgical tubing, then between each tie off there would be 6 inches of wiring. in its normal state, the wiring kinda zig-zagged back and forth. when the arm extended, the tube stretched so that at full extension the wiring was going straight with the tubing.
this is a great, if brute force, way of controlling wiring. there is always a chance of entangling the wiring in an external object, so you may want keep it in some sort of flexible sleeve on the side of your arm.
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