Hi Ron,
My pumps are wired as per the Europa drawings. As I recall it has one
of the connected to the output of the regulator... I need to check
again for the exact details.
Anyhow, getting back to your question, yes, when I took a lightning
hit the main contractor dropped offline and all of my electrics with
it.
I did not turn on my E-Buss straight away, I spent a good deal of time
deciding how damaged the aircraft was, from a structural and flight
control perspective. Only after this did I turn on my E-Buss, so up
until then I was running off one fuel pump which was powered directly
---From the output of the regulator.
So, I guess this is a long winded way of saying from a redundancy
perspective the system worked as designed.
I did see a number of postings from you on the AeroElectric forum, my
only recommendation I can make to you is to keep it simple. I have a
single battery dual electrical buss in my airplane. Never in my
imaginings did I consider if the design was robust enough to take the
punishment that was handed out that day, but it was.
Regards, Paul
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