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Subject: Europa-List: ammeters
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:28:37

>All
>
>Trying to sort out an ammeter with a firewall shunt as suggested by Aero
>electric connection and indeed others on this forum. However the ammeter
>I ordered from ACS thinking it was what I required arrived saying -'No
>external shunt required' . Given that a suitable insrtument seems to be so 
>rare am I
>barking up the wrong tree. Indeed should I not worry about bringing the
>battery feed to the bus via a panel mounted ammeter?

Paul
Doesn't your BM EFIS have an ammeter?
You could make one easily yourself. Use a small centre zero 1 mA full scale 
meter and use the cable from the master switch to the battery as the shunt. 
It won't be calibrated but it will tell you whether the battery is charging 
or not.
gRAHAM 




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