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So, would it better if the forest of tabs was not grounded at the sub panel and keep the connecting wire?

From reading your book I thought it is better for all grounds to be tied to a central grou ...

A fellow RV-7 builder has a B&C forest of tabs located on the pilot side of the firewall with battery ground attaching on the hot side.

They also have a small cluster of tabs on the sub panel. ...

RV-7 project, deep into the wiring, basically a Z101 architecture.

Fuse blocks are used for the main bus and clearance delivery bus but I do have a few breakers. Flap, trim and auto pilot breakers ...

Check for electricity on the main bus using a test light.
The light will not illuminate. That means there is no voltage on the main bus.
Leave the test light connected to the main bus, then measure ...

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As far as I can see on your picture, you have no loads anywhere and have the positive supply lead only connected to the CD bus. ...

A voltage drop across a diode is normal. A drop of o.4 volts is low. It will be
2 or even 3 times that much under heavy load. Power (heat) equals volts
times current. Suppose that the load is ...

The wiring has begun for my RV-7. I've decided to use fuse blocks for circuit protection.

The architecture will utilize a clearance delivery (CD) buss. The CD buss has a diode installed per Z101B. ...

I searched though the list but didn't find anything related to this. If it's here, my apologies.

My master and stater solenoids got installed along with an ANL fuse and shunt on the firewall today. ...

Boy, Bob was right about taking a chunk of wire to the parts store to select the proper size ring connector. The 4 AWG connecters were really sloppy in my 4 AWG welding wire and the 6 AWG connectors w ...

After reading Bob's article on soldering big connection I still have some questions.

Is the wicking of solder down the wire causing a rigid wire for the first inch or so preventable?

Besides a p ...

At 02:44 PM 5/25/2020, you wrote:
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I hope these questions are not too rudimentary or repetitive.

I'm moving i ...

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 ...

Bob,

Well I though we were isolated living in Alaska back in the day but southern Kansas looks pretty far from welder parts ;- )
I was visiting Oklahoma City, Bartlesville, Fort Smith and Indepe ...

So I took your advice and crafted a Z-12 version.

Can some light be shed on the use of shunts as well as a Hall effect sensor?
I would like to have the information to my EFIS from each alternator. ...

After looking over Z101, this is my first try at an architecture that would fit my mission.

Criticism will be taken as constructive, no offense taken.

Looking into my avionics suite, the Garmin ...

Thank you for the feedback...

I found the files, can't wait to look them over thoroughly.

I'm planning on one Pmag...I'm not sure if that qualifies as electrically dependent but I would guess ye ...

The Z-12 Architecture looks like it will fit my goals for my RV-7 I'm building.

The question I could not find an answer to when searching this list is:
For economic reasons, can I wire for the ba ...