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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:46 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

Thoughts?

Please go easy on me. šŸ˜¬

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:28 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

The alternator "B" lead fuses should be physically located at the battery end of the B lead, not at the alternator end.
ANL fuses will carry their rated current indefinitely. Replace the 80 amp fuse with 40 amp.
Replace the Aux 40 ANL with a Littelfuse Maxi 30 amp.
For the cost of sales tax on the VP-X, a fuse block and fuses could be purchased.
And fuses can be replaced anywhere by the pilot.


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:10 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Jeff
Fundamentally I ask myself what your goal might be?Ā  What are you trying
to protect against?

With an immediate low voltage warning you are not going to continue
flying blissfully unaware after an alternator has failed until the
battery dies like so many have done in the past.
There would be no hurry whatsoever to close the crossfeed, or manually
switch power sources after one z14 alternator quit, or do nothing and
just land on the battery.

Why put relays in the feed path to the engine instead of a switch. Or
two switches ganged together to feed from either of two sources. If you
do use relays what is the power source to activate them.

In my case with independent ignitions I use a switch to each coil and
either coil will run the engine.Ā  No diodes because the coils are
separate from each other.Ā  My ecu's and coil drivers on the ground side
of the coils operate regardless of whether their respective coils have
+12 volts on them.
Ken

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Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for
powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an
emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

Thoughts?

Please go easy on me. šŸ˜¬

Jeff Parker



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:33 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the comments. The main Alt is 60a and the Aux Alt is 30+. I was under the impression that the ANL current limiter should be slightly larger than the ALT load. Hence the 80a and 40a ANL. I purchase most stuff from B&C and they donā€™t sell a 70a ANL fuse to the best of my knowledge but Iā€™ll see what I can find.

The VP-X is purchased and here to stay.

Thanks,

Jeff Parker

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The alternator "B" lead fuses should be physically located at the battery end of the B lead, not at the alternator end.
ANL fuses will carry their rated current indefinitely. Replace the 80 amp fuse with 40 amp.
Replace the Aux 40 ANL with a Littelfuse Maxi 30 amp.
For the cost of sales tax on the VP-X, a fuse block and fuses could be purchased.
And fuses can be replaced by anywhere by the pilot.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:58 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: C&K <yellowduckduo(at)gmail.com (yellowduckduo(at)gmail.com)>JeffFundamentally I ask myself what your goal might be? Continued IFR flight, inhospitable terrain over flight or I might fly it to Europe šŸ˜. What are you trying to protect against? Self induced engine failure.With an immediate low voltage warning you are not going to continue flying blissfully unaware after an alternator has failed until the battery dies like so many have done in the past.There would be no hurry whatsoever to close the crossfeed, or manually switch power sources after one z14 alternator quit, or do nothing and just land on the battery. I agree and believe this diagram addresses continued flight with minimal pilot input.Why put relays in the feed path to the engine instead of a switch. Or two switches ganged together to feed from either of two sources. If you do use relays what is the power source to activate them. Iā€™m not tied to the relays. My thought process was to run a smaller gauge wire to the switch in the cockpit to activate the relays for the coils. Iā€™m really looking for what is simple and works. In my case with independent ignitions I use a switch to each coil and either coil will run the engine. No diodes because the coils are separate from each other. My ecu's and coil drivers on the ground side of the coils operate regardless of whether their respective coils have +12 volts on them. KenOn 09/02/2020 7:44 AM, Foghorn Inc wrote:
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Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.Thoughts?Please go easy on me. šŸ˜¬Jeff Parker
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:08 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

The main alternator has two labels. 40 & 60. I only noticed the 40 amp label earlier. I think that "one size larger" rule of thumb applies to circuit breakers, not ANL fuses. Maybe Bob will chime in.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:33 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Re ANL current limiters.

Ref: http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/anl/anlvsjjs.html

"There are some noteworthy characteristics of the ANL series devices. Note that they will carry nearly 2X their rated current indefinitely. This makes them behave more like the fusible links we've described elsewhere on this website. So, if you wish to size an ANL current limiter more in line with the output rating of your alternator, you could do so without regard to the "headroom"..."


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:23 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Hi Jeff... My 2 cents.

All... bear in mind:
    Jeff and I are dual SDS EM-5-F four cylinder.
    Jeff is RV-8 with one battery forward of firewall and one battery aft of baggage bulkhead and I am RV-6A with two batteries forward of firewall.
    Six cylinder is different in some ways; the injector relays and ignition coils draw more current; I believe the fuel pumps are the same Walbro GSL393 units.

Placing the engine bus forward of the firewall agrees with FAR 23.1361.

For the engine bus feed 12 awg is conservative. I did current draw calculations, summarized at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Jho6rEreX6upko3hPlpTRoGAmE3MCj18zQzqbGkyMM/edit#gid=1724151884

I too made the engine bus always hot to eliminate a couple relays and switches but in your case of one battery rear of the baggage bulkhead I would use a relay at the battery. I verify the diodes are not open or shorted by using the Dynon D6 voltmeter on the engine bus. My engine operation checklist is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17gL5VBNBINsUWGvcAn5oU3dBuvL6c_QKnQUzpi2PggY/edit#gid=1116877898

FAR 23.1361 would have the fuel pumps on relays forward of the firewall.

The ignition coil relays need a jumper from relay coil to power from engine bus.

I don't know how to prove the injector relays are not stuck in the nominal/off/ECU 1 position if the ECUs are not switched. I used progressive ECU/Ignition Coil switches so the ECU can boot before powering the coil. Also on the engine operation checklist linked above.

Both injector relays can be on the same fuse, they draw 0.055 A each for a total of 0.110 A. The install manual incorrectly says 0.42 A each; currently at V30 rev 3 01/08/2020.

Wire from Blue Sea pass thru to starter contactor can be 4 awg.

Wire to aux alternator can be 8 awg or even 10 awg.

The ANL for main alternator would be close to the Blue Sea pass thru.

Consider using a relay for aux bus feed so there will not be a hot switch on the IP in any case and so all power to the cabin can be cut in a post crash scenario. I'm not sure what's the best name for the Aux Eng Bus Feed switch given it comes from the Main Batt.


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:32 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 10:16 AM user9253 <fransew(at)gmail.com (fransew(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

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

The main alternator has two labels. 40 & 60.Ā  I only noticed the 40 amp label earlier.Ā  I think that "one size larger" rule of thumb applies to circuit breakers, not ANL fuses.Ā  Maybe Bob will chime in.

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Specs are published by mfgrs. Bussman *non-time-delay* specs:
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According to this doc, a 50A ANL will handle 100A for virtually unlimited duration. But for a catastrophicĀ fault, there's a very small difference (as a percentage of current orĀ  time to melt) between a 50A & an 80A. Ex:Ā (at)120A, the 50A melts in 0.5 seconds while the 80A melts at 0.7 seconds.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:44 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
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Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

It doesn't really matter much since all busses
are very robust. Put all engine loads on one
bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be
fine. No more busses needed



Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:00 pm    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Foghorn Inc <foghorn757(at)gmail.com>

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the comments. The main Alt is 60a and the Aux Alt is 30+. I was under the impression that the ANL current limiter should be slightly larger than the ALT load. Hence the 80a and 40a ANL. I purchase most stuff from B&C and they donā€™t sell a 70a ANL fuse to the best of my knowledge but Iā€™ll see what I can find.

The VP-X is purchased and here to stay.

Unlike CIRCUIT BREAKERS . . .
ANL (vintage) or MIDI/MANL (recommended) devices
are CURRENT LIMITERS. Check out the specs

https://tinyurl.com/by5qnop

a CURRENT LIMITER is intended to clear
hard faults (read: more amps than you'd
like to have flowing anywhere on the
airplane!).

A current limiter will typically
carry it's rated current for a very
long time.

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150% of rating is still longer than you
want a branch circuit protection to trip.

But hit say a MIDI50 with 500A (1000%) fault
and it's going to open in about 100 milliseconds.

Short story, when purchasing current limiters,
the size equal to your expected continuous
current is fine . . .

CIRCUIT BREAKERS are another story . . . and
not recommended for alternator b-lead protection
anyhow. Beech quit putting them into the b-leads
about 3 or 4 decades ago . . .


Bob . . .


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:48 pm    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Thanks Bob! Iā€™ll go with it and get some MIDI/MANL current limiters at the ALTs rated power.
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On 9Feb, 2020, at 14:39, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)> wrote:
At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
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Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.
It doesn't really matter much since all busses are very robust. Put all engine loads on one bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be fine. No more busses needed
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:50 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect wrote:
At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
Quote:
Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

It doesn't really matter much since all busses
are very robust. Put all engine loads on one
bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be
fine. No more busses needed



Bob . . .


If I understand this correctly, you are saying:
(1) do not add the engine bus
(2) put the engine EI/EFI components on either battery bus
(3) the emergency procedure would be to close the cross-tie

Am I missing anything?


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Marvin McGraw wrote:
nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect wrote:
At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
Quote:
Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

It doesn't really matter much since all busses
are very robust. Put all engine loads on one
bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be
fine. No more busses needed



Bob . . .


If I understand this correctly, you are saying:
(1) do not add the engine bus
(2) put the engine EI/EFI components on either battery bus
(3) the emergency procedure would be to close the cross-tie

Am I missing anything?


Correction:
(2) put the engine EI/EFI components on either the main bus or the aux bus


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Marvin McGraw wrote:
nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect wrote:
At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
Quote:
Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

It doesn't really matter much since all busses
are very robust. Put all engine loads on one
bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be
fine. No more busses needed


Bob . . .


If I understand this correctly, you are saying:
(1) do not add the engine bus
(2) put the engine EI/EFI components on either the main bus or the aux bus
(3) the emergency procedure would be to close the cross-tie

Am I missing anything?


Hi Marvin,

Have you seen Z101? Bob N started developing it just after the OP's (Jeff Parker) post and Jeff has moved to a schematic using Z101 as a template. It's installed in his RV-8 project and has been powered up but not flying yet.

In case you don't have a link to the Z-dwgs they are at http://www.aeroelectric.com/PPS/Adobe_Architecture_Pdfs/

I don't know if this info helps you. I know you have Z14 flying with dual SDS EFI/I.


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:27 am    Post subject: Re: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect wrote:
At 06:44 AM 2/9/2020, you wrote:
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Here is my idea for Z-14 with ENG BUS. The AUX side is primarily for powering the ENG BUS. The Main side is for all other consumers with an emergency aux feed to the ENG BUS from the Main Batt.

It doesn't really matter much since all busses
are very robust. Put all engine loads on one
bus . . . either main or aux . . . you'll be
fine. No more busses needed



Bob . . .


If I follow this advice, is there a way to turn off both battery contactors in flight for a smoke in the cockpit scenario? It seems the engine would need additional electical protection.


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If I follow this advice, is there a way to turn off both battery contactors in flight for a smoke in the cockpit scenario? It seems the engine would need additional electical protection.

Yeah . . . that's why Z101 came into being. Fewer components,
robust, dual fed busses. For smoke in cockpit, close
battery feed to engine bus . . . shut down all other
switches.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:30 am    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

Bob - I'm implementing Z101 now as a retrofit in my RV-7A. Your response reminded me of a question I had. Is there a reason not to operate with the engine bus alt feed always on? And the same question for the aux alternator field? I'm using the B&C standbyĀ regulator rather than the Ford regulator since I had one laying around if that makes any difference.Ā 

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If I follow this advice, is there a way to turn off both battery contactors in flight for a smoke in the cockpit scenario?Ā  It seems the engine would need additional electical protection.
Ā 

Ā  Yeah . . . that's why Z101 came into being. Fewer components,
Ā  robust, dual fed busses. For smoke in cockpit, close
Ā  battery feed to engine bus . . . shut down all other
Ā  switches.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:11 pm    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

At 02:51 PM 11/10/2020, you wrote:
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Bumping the question. Looking for the same info.

Jeff Parker
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On Nov 7, 2020, at 12:31, David Carter <david(at)carter.net> wrote:

ļ»æ
Bob - I'm implementing Z101 now as a retrofit in my RV-7A. Your response reminded me of a question I had. Is there a reason not to operate with the engine bus alt feed always on? And the same question for the aux alternator field? I'm using the B&C standby regulator rather than the Ford regulator since I had one laying around if that makes any difference.

Any time the main bus is up, all busses are up
and position of other switches has no effect
on operation of the airplane. Alternate
feed path integrity should be checked in pre-flight.

What advantage do you perceive for running full-up
on power distribution options? You still need a
plan-b protocol for responding to abnormal
conditions. Does it make your task easier
to figure out what to shut off as opposed to
what to turn on?

The elegant plan-b offers specific responses
to an abnormal condition . . . how you choose
to configure is your call.




Bob . . .

Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes
survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:59 pm    Post subject: Z14 with SDS EM5 ENG BUS Reply with quote

On 11/10/2020 5:07 PM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III wrote:

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At 02:51 PM 11/10/2020, you wrote:
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Bumping the question. Looking for the same info.

Jeff Parker
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On Nov 7, 2020, at 12:31, David Carter <david(at)carter.net> (david(at)carter.net) wrote:

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Bob - I'm implementing Z101 now as a retrofit in my RV-7A. Your response reminded me of a question I had. Is there a reason not to operate with the engine bus alt feed always on? And the same question for the aux alternator field? I'm using the B&C standby regulator rather than the Ford regulator since I had one laying around if that makes any difference.

  Any time the main bus is up, all busses are up
  and position of other switches has no effect
  on operation of the airplane. Alternate
  feed path integrity should be checked in pre-flight.
   
  What advantage do you perceive for running full-up
  on power distribution options? You still need a
  plan-b protocol for responding to abnormal
  conditions. Does it make your task easier
  to figure out what to shut off as opposed to
  what to turn on?

  The elegant plan-b offers specific responses
  to an abnormal condition . . . how you choose
  to configure is your call.
 



  Bob . . .
I'm not Jeff, but I plan on having the engine bus switch on whenever the engine is running, with the alternate power path coming through a diode from the main bus. My *logic* is that the dual active power paths minimize any potential 'operational issues' (failures in power delivery to the engine bus, for reasons ranging from device failure to inadvertent switch movement) that could come up at times when options/reaction time are limited, like shortly after takeoff or being forced to remain at low altitude  due to 'airliner pattern' approaches flown by leading traffic. The core driver is to not based on calculated odds, but on being prepared as well as possible for what *can* happen.

Another motivator is that 'switchology' (actually, procedures), while unavoidably different from traditional a/c engine installations, will be as close as possible to decades of training, where in certain emergencies we're trained to shut down everything except the engine. Again, not probability driven, but for what *can* happen.

Obviously, proper functionality will be checked before takeoff.

Charlie
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