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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2020 11:44 am    Post subject: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

I hope these questions are not too rudimentary or repetitive.

I'm moving in on finalizing the wiring design for my RV-7. A few question have nagged me for a while and I'm eager to better understand the rules or rationals for these conundrums.

I'm basically speaking to Z101.

    (1) The 6AWG wire from the battery contactor to the main bus is unprotected and not length limited. My calculations show I can use a smaller wire. Is the 6AWG permitted to be downsized or is it integral to safety?

    (2) Since I don't have an electrically dependent engine (one p-mag) I'm planning the Clearance Delivery bus be secondarily fed from the main bus through a diode. Should I fuse the wire (18AWG) or come directly off the bus? Also, I have no need for a battery bus. My plan is to feed the clearance delivery relay (Relay needed? 3.8amps max) from the battery side of the battery contactor...is this acceptable?

    (3) I am going to have an avionics bus (sorry, I just don't want all that stuff running when I start), so the same question. Do I fuse the 18AWG wire to the avionics bus? I see that most endurance busses are not fused...not sure why not?

    (4) Fuselinks depicted in a lot of the Z drawings. How do I size them and where do I get them?

    (5) Relay vs switch. Is there a rule of thumb for when to add a relay instead of using a beefy switch?


Thanks in advance.

Michael Fleming


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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2020 4:56 pm    Post subject: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

At 02:44 PM 5/25/2020, you wrote:
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "MFleming" <sagriver(at)icloud.com>

I hope these questions are not too rudimentary or repetitive.

I'm moving in on finalizing the wiring design for my RV-7. A few question have nagged me for a while and I'm eager to better understand the rules or rationals for these conundrums.

I'm basically speaking to Z101.

(1) The 6AWG wire from the battery contactor to the main bus is unprotected and not length limited. My calculations show I can use a smaller wire. Is the 6AWG permitted to be downsized or is it integral to safety?

It would be better for this to be 'robust'. I.e.
take it's place in the constellation of power
distribution feeders . . . I wouldn't go smaller
than 8AWG but unless you already have some 8 and
don't need to buy some 6, I'd use the 6. Here's
one source of many . . .

https://tinyurl.com/ya4756q6

You'll like working with this 'fat' wire.

Quote:
(2) Since I don't have an electrically dependent engine (one p-mag) I'm planning the Clearance Delivery bus be secondarily fed from the main bus through a diode.

Yup, that's what Z101 shows.

Quote:
Should I fuse the wire (18AWG) or come directly off the bus?

How many devices on your clearance delivery
bus?

Quote:
Also, I have no need for a battery bus. My plan is to feed the clearance delivery relay
(Relay needed? 3.8amps max) from the battery side of the battery contactor...is this acceptable?

Sure . . . your 'battery bus' is the hot side terminal . . .
It just has one feeder departing the 'bus'. I recommend
10A local in-line fuse and 18AWG wire to your CD switch.

Quote:
(3) I am going to have an avionics bus (sorry, I just don't want all that stuff running
when I start) . . .

What is the 'down side' for having 'all that stuff
running' during start? Z101 as depicted supports all
auxiliary busses with independent feed paths. What
are your plans for an avionics bus?

Quote:
so the same question. Do I fuse the 18AWG wire to the avionics bus?
I see that most endurance busses are not fused...not sure why not?

They are fused at the battery source for alternate feed.
Not fused in normal feed from the main bus because
wires are short(*).

Quote:
(4) Fuselinks depicted in a lot of the Z drawings. How do I size them and where do I get them?

You make them from fuse link wire. Where do you
plan to incorporate them?


Quote:
(5) Relay vs switch. Is there a rule of thumb for when to add a relay instead of using a beefy switch?

Depends on how much wire you want to run
the 'high current' through. Which switch(es) are
you talking about? If you're switching 7A or
less, you could consider eliminating relays.


Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2020 6:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

The main power bus is one of the most reliable things on an airplane. It is
connected to 2 power sources, a battery and an alternator. There are no
fuses to blow in the main power feeder. An avionics bus has a switch that
can fail. And if it is protected by a fuse, that is one more unnecessary
failure point. It is a bad idea to have two fuses in series. If a load fuse
blows, the bus fuse could also blow and disable all avionics. Eliminate the
avionics bus. Yeah, I know you are concerned about voltage spikes during
engine start. But there is no such thing. Who are you going to believe,
flight instructors and mechanics who do not even own an oscilloscope and
base their advice on 1950 technology, or an electrical engineer (Bob) who
has worked for major aircraft companies and has tested starter motors in
a laboratory and proved that there are no voltage spikes? I do not have
an avionics bus. My airplane has been started hundreds of times with all
avionics turned on. No avionics have failed. Yes, some do reboot from
voltage sag which is annoying. Brownout protection can be installed if
desired. Give me the name of a modern avionics manual and page
number that states that their product must be powered off during engine
start. There are none. Make your airplane safer, and less complicated by
not having an avionics bus.


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PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2020 8:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect wrote:
At 02:44 PM 5/25/2020, you wrote:
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "MFleming" <sagriver>

I hope these questions are not too rudimentary or repetitive.

I'm moving in on finalizing the wiring design for my RV-7. A few question have nagged me for a while and I'm eager to better understand the rules or rationals for these conundrums.

I'm basically speaking to Z101.

(1) The 6AWG wire from the battery contactor to the main bus is unprotected and not length limited. My calculations show I can use a smaller wire. Is the 6AWG permitted to be downsized or is it integral to safety?

It would be better for this to be 'robust'. I.e.
take it's place in the constellation of power
distribution feeders . . . I wouldn't go smaller
than 8AWG but unless you already have some 8 and
don't need to buy some 6, I'd use the 6. Here's
one source of many . . .

https://tinyurl.com/ya4756q6

You'll like working with this 'fat' wire.

Quote:
(2) Since I don't have an electrically dependent engine (one p-mag) I'm planning the Clearance Delivery bus be secondarily fed from the main bus through a diode.

Yup, that's what Z101 shows.

Quote:
Should I fuse the wire (18AWG) or come directly off the bus?

How many devices on your clearance delivery
bus?

Quote:
Also, I have no need for a battery bus. My plan is to feed the clearance delivery relay
(Relay needed? 3.8amps max) from the battery side of the battery contactor...is this acceptable?

Sure . . . your 'battery bus' is the hot side terminal . . .
It just has one feeder departing the 'bus'. I recommend
10A local in-line fuse and 18AWG wire to your CD switch.

Quote:
(3) I am going to have an avionics bus (sorry, I just don't want all that stuff running
when I start) . . .

What is the 'down side' for having 'all that stuff
running' during start? Z101 as depicted supports all
auxiliary busses with independent feed paths. What
are your plans for an avionics bus?

Quote:
so the same question. Do I fuse the 18AWG wire to the avionics bus?
I see that most endurance busses are not fused...not sure why not?

They are fused at the battery source for alternate feed.
Not fused in normal feed from the main bus because
wires are short(*).

Quote:
(4) Fuselinks depicted in a lot of the Z drawings. How do I size them and where do I get them?

You make them from fuse link wire. Where do you
plan to incorporate them?


Quote:
(5) Relay vs switch. Is there a rule of thumb for when to add a relay instead of using a beefy switch?

Depends on how much wire you want to run
the 'high current' through. Which switch(es) are
you talking about? If you're switching 7A or
less, you could consider eliminating relays.


Bob . . .


"How many devices on your clearance delivery
bus?"

Four, Primary EFIS, GPS, Comm and strobes so I don't forget to turn off the clearance delivery switch.

"Sure . . . your 'battery bus' is the hot side terminal . . .
It just has one feeder departing the 'bus'. I recommend
10A local in-line fuse and 18AWG wire to your CD switch."

Got it.

"What is the 'down side' for having 'all that stuff
running' during start? Z101 as depicted supports all
auxiliary busses with independent feed paths. What
are your plans for an avionics bus?"

OK, I gave my avionics wiring diagram a hard look. If I eliminate the avionics bus and move those devices to the main bus, I only have two items that might reboot during start, they are the Garmin GMC-507 auto pilot head and the #2 MFD. The rest are on the TCW IBBS 6ah back-up battery.

The autopilot head I'm not concerned about. Currently the second power pin on the #2 MFD (GDU-470) is not being used. I could run a Keep Alive wire from the Garmin GAD-27 which conditions the line voltage during engine start and prevents any annoying reboots from the #2MFD.

This sound simple and appealing. I'll give it s good look tomorrow.

"You make them from fuse link wire. Where do you
plan to incorporate them?"

I currently show a 16awg fuselink on the ALT 'B' line just before the starter solenoid.

"Depends on how much wire you want to run
the 'high current' through. Which switch(es) are
you talking about? If you're switching 7A or
less, you could consider eliminating relays."

The clearance delivery switch would be a candidate to eliminate the relay. 3.8A on the clearance delivery bus.

-M


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PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2020 9:41 am    Post subject: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

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How many devices on your clearance delivery
bus?

Four, Primary EFIS, GPS, Comm and strobes so I don't forget to turn off the clearance delivery switch.

Do your strobes have their own power
switch? If there is risk that the
CD switch is inadvertently left on
at shutdown, how is there less risk
that the strobes are not independently
shut off and the CD switch is now
un-monitored?

Checklists are a time honored, legacy
proven hedge against human weakness
of the gray matter. The FARS require
a single-stroke feature for making the
aircraft electrically 'cold' . . . in
the case of multiple, dual-feed buses
it's easily managed with a 'crash bar'
over the row of switches.

Sorry if I seem 'fussy'. I cannot help
being extra attentive to things done to
mitigate 'forgetfulness'. Airplanes
are not SAFE. They are exceedingly
unforgiving as demonstrated in countless
NTSB incident/accident narratives . . .
the vast majority of which have foundation
in over confidence/forgetfulness.

Quote:
What is the 'down side' for having 'all that stuff
running' during start? Z101 as depicted supports all
auxiliary busses with independent feed paths. What
are your plans for an avionics bus?

OK, I gave my avionics wiring diagram a hard look. If I eliminate the avionics bus and move those devices to the main bus, I only have two items that might reboot during start, they are the Garmin GMC-507 auto pilot head and the #2 MFD. The rest are on the TCW IBBS 6ah back-up battery.

With Z101 you have probably the most failure
tolerant architecture flying . . . and you've
still got a back-up battery?

Quote:
You make them from fuse link wire. Where do you
plan to incorporate them?

I currently show a 16awg fuselink on the ALT 'B' line just before the starter solenoid.

Trying to accurately describe an architecture
with words leaves much to be desired. If
you're basing your plans on Z101, then
exactly how do you plan to modify that
drawing?

Those remote relays for alternate feed
paths allow clustering major components
together on short (*) leads making
fault protection easier. There are several
instances of fuse-link wire illustrated
on Z101.


Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2020 5:41 am    Post subject: Questions about Architecture Design Reply with quote

Hi all,
I'm new here trying to post on the forum, but cannot. I've lost my password and cannot get the system to send me a new one. It does tell me that an email was sent to my email address, but nothing. I've checked my spam folder but nothing either.
Also tried sending my electric diagram for my Cozy directly to aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com for your comments, but that email also did not go through.

Hope this one does. As I would greatly appreciate your help in building a safe airplane.
Thanks
Eric D
Montréal, Canada

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 05:35:00 a.m. EDT, user9253 <fransew(at)gmail.com> wrote:




--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "user9253" <fransew(at)gmail.com (fransew(at)gmail.com)>

The main power bus is one of the most reliable things on an airplane. It is

connected to 2 power sources, a battery and an alternator. There are no

fuses to blow in the main power feeder. An avionics bus has a switch that

can fail. And if it is protected by a fuse, that is one more unnecessary

failure point. It is a bad idea to have two fuses in series. If a load fuse

blows, the bus fuse could also blow and disable all avionics. Eliminate the

avionics bus. Yeah, I know you are concerned about voltage spikes during

engine start. But there is no such thing. Who are you going to believe,

flight instructors and mechanics who do not even own an oscilloscope and

base their advice on 1950 technology, or an electrical engineer (Bob) who

has worked for major aircraft companies and has tested starter motors in

a laboratory and proved that there are no voltage spikes? I do not have

an avionics bus. My airplane has been started hundreds of times with all

avionics turned on.  No avionics have failed. Yes, some do reboot from

voltage sag which is annoying. Brownout protection can be installed if

desired. Give me the name of a modern avionics manual and page

number that states that their product must be powered off during engine

start. There are none. Make your airplane safer, and less complicated by

not having an avionics bus.

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