Electric connections on aircraft

AN electric system is as good as its electric connections. Poor electric connections on aircraft easily can cancel the tremendous advantages obtained by the use of electric systems. Little attention is given to this unglamorous but vital subject because of the more absorbing and interesting details of the electric system as a whole. Only after an unexpected and disconcerting electric-connection failure in service does the engineer realize its importance. Such failures on domestic appliances are not generally serious but on aircraft may involve many lives, much valuable equipment, and, in fact, the success of our war effort.