Hi Alan,
Although your plan would work it is not the best arrangement. On most
Europas there will be a positive supply electrical bus bar somewhere behind
the instrument panel that is controlled by a battery master switch. It would
be better to take a connection from there and use a panel mounted fuse or
circuit breaker to protect the wiring to the cigar lighter sockets. You
should also be able to find a negative bus bar or connection stud behind the
panel. The size of the cable and then the size of the fuse/ circuit breaker
will be determined by what you intend to connect to the sockets. If you are
not going to take more than 5amps you could use 22 gauge wire and a five amp
fuse. As you are planning to have two sockets it is probably best to use 20
gauge and maybe a 7 or 10 amp fuse.
It is important to be able to disconnect all electrical supplies in an
emergency so it is not good practice to connect things directly to the
battery.
Regards
Brian Davies
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Subject: Europa-List: Auxiliary Power Supply
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Hi All
I want to install two cigar lighter power supplies in the instrument panel.
Usage will mainly be to charge my iPad and Phone, or maybe other things.
I was planing to run a cable (aircraft cable ??? watts) directly from the
Battery + and return to the Battery - with an in-line fuse, Amps ???
The Battery is located in the rear fuselage .
Any Comments or Help.
Alan
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