.Gene Buckle wrote:
Avionics power ratings are always available as nominal and max normal draw. Electrical systems are designed with a bit of extra capacity to deal with power on rush current, etc.
The only time an aircraft author would have to give the the current draw any thought at all is if they're also building special avionics and even then, they only really need to specify the nominal draw. The only time the breakers will pop is either on command from an instructor station or via a random systems failure routine.
But then there is no need to define amperage in the instruments, is there?
Yes there is. That's where the load definition belongs. The load figure should follow the equipment, not the bus it's connected to.
Ah, I didn't realize those where two separate issues.
So we need the nominal power consumption for the battery lifetime and such. That makes sense.
This would be an excellent improvement.
Erik
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