Hello everyone. I have an RV-10 with Advanced Flight Systems EFIS and am going to install a Monkworkz backup generator in the next few weeks and would like to get some thoughts. My current wiring setup is the main power wire from the primary alternator goes to a current limiter on the firewall, then through the shunt, then to the battery side of the starter relay, and then to the main bus. The master relay is in the tail with the battery and is between the starter relay and the battery. My question is how to get the amps reading from the MZ backup generator.
Option 1: Run the voltage output from the MZ to the same post on the starter relay that the main alternator is connected to. The MZ voltage regulator has a shunt output that I can run to my EFIS and use the Hall Effect pins to then display a second Amps reading, Amps 2.
Option 2: Connect the MZ output to the input side of the shunt that the primary alternator uses and not mess with setting up a second amps reading on the display. I am not sure if this would affect the amps reading from the primary alternator when the MZ was off.
I would appreciate thoughts and suggestions, pros and cons of the options, or alternative ways to get the amps reading from the MZ.
Thanks in advance
Option 1: Run the voltage output from the MZ to the same post on the starter relay that the main alternator is connected to. The MZ voltage regulator has a shunt output that I can run to my EFIS and use the Hall Effect pins to then display a second Amps reading, Amps 2.
Option 2: Connect the MZ output to the input side of the shunt that the primary alternator uses and not mess with setting up a second amps reading on the display. I am not sure if this would affect the amps reading from the primary alternator when the MZ was off.
I would appreciate thoughts and suggestions, pros and cons of the options, or alternative ways to get the amps reading from the MZ.
Thanks in advance