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wdaniell(at)etb.net.co
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:39 am Post subject: Bus bar

Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.



The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic

terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals

(Crimped not soldered ).



the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight

copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was

not crimped and I had to redo it.



Thanks



Will

davidjoyce(at)doctors.org
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:02 am Post subject: Bus bar

William, Mine  are brass bars pre-drilled to take bolts for ring terminals. 

The positive one has a plastic cover over it. The system has worked well. 

Unfortunately I can't remember where they came from! regards, David

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mau11(at)free.fr
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:17 am Post subject: Bus bar

Le 13/05/2011 18:36, William Daniell a écrit :

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 Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.



 The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic

 terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals

 (Crimped not soldered ).



 the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight

 copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was

 not crimped and I had to redo it.



 Thanks



 Will



Will,
	


I send to you a PDF drawing of my bus bar off this forum

Good evening



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Michel AUVRAY

mau11(at)free.fr

alanb(at)dpy01.co.uk
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:09 am Post subject: Bus bar

I bought some brass bar from the local DIY Store B&Q, in UK, drilled and tapped them myself.



Alan



On 13 May 2011, at 17:36, William Daniell wrote:



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 Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.

 

 The ones that come with the Europa wiring kit seem to be plastic domestic

 terminal blocks with one side (as it were) liked by wires/ring terminals

 (Crimped not soldered ).

 

 the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight

 copper bar would eliminate this - indeed one of the crimped connections was

 not crimped and I had to redo it.

 

 Thanks

 

 Will

rparigoris

Joined: 24 Nov 2009
Posts: 797

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Bus bar

Hi Will



Some bus info:

http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30683



Worth looking here too at  flat thin copper wire, connectors and port negative inter ground wire connector/bus:

http://www.europaowners.org/forums/gallery2.php?g2_itemId=30710



Ron Parigoris

frans(at)privatepilots.nl
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject: Bus bar

On 05/13/2011 06:36 PM, William Daniell wrote:

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		   Can anyone send me a picture of their bus bar/advise me on the best option.


	


I just put a few bolts through the firewall. One bolt is connected to

ground, another to the 12 Volt power. On these bolts I can hook as many

ring terminals as I want, on the engine side as well as on the cabin

side. The amount of connections is only limited by the length of the

bolts.   And the maximum current is determined by the diameter of the

bolt. An AN3 will transfer more than enough current.

It is simple, economic, fail proof, light weight, it solves the problem

to get the power through the firewall, etc.



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		   the wiring seems to me to add another point of failure whereas a straight

 copper bar would eliminate this - 


	


A bolt is just as good as a bar. And to fix the bar you need two bolts

anyway. 



Frans

kingsnjan(at)westnet.com.
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject: Bus bar

Will,



As with so many things in life nowadays, there are many alternatives.



I chose the Bussmann fuse block as depicted in the following link.  This 

unit

has its own bus bar (dual bus if required) that feeds up to 32 fuses.  Mine

is the 20 fuse model.  Only one wire needs to come through the firewall or

two if separate feeds are required for the dual bus.



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Fuses_and_Current_Limiters/Bussman/15710_Fuse_Panel.pdf



I fitted mine as per the attached.



Cheers

Kingsley

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graeme bird

Joined: 15 Jul 2010
Posts: 434

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 3:14 am Post subject: Re: Bus bar

I did the same as Frans, used brass bolts through the firewall as the main star points, I fed 5 wires with ring ends through a hole from the instrument panel and connected on the bolts so I can easily remove the instrument panel. I had noisy and quiet power and return and alternator output. Really you want the battery to be the bus (but then my battery is in the FWFD). In the instrument panel again I wired to brass bolts  on the ledge 2" from the bottom for ground star connections to low power instruments etc.

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Kit3 G-CLXU (Gregory) mono 914 xs Woodcomp
Kit2 G-PATS - (kesterton) Mono Classic 912 warpdrive
Kit 1 G-UMPY - Mono Classic/XS 912S, Woodcomp G(@)gdbmk.co.uk

bill mcclellan

Joined: 28 Jan 2010
Posts: 43

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 5:34 am Post subject: Bus bar

I am considering Vertical Power to simplify fusing and wiring.  Has anyone used this system?  http://www.verticalpower.com/

Bill McClellan



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wdaniell(at)etb.net.co
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 8:12 am Post subject: Bus bar

Thanks to all for input

this wiring/instrument thing is pesky

Will



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