Alternator shunt value

[Mark Hislop]

Steve:

My aircraft never had a volt meter or ammeter. I put everything in new. I used a rotary switch from EI, along with their shunts and meter.

I mounted the rotary switch just under the landing gear "down" light. I mounted the meter in an unused 2" hole on the right panel. I mounted the 3 shunts on a 4" by 6" plate located on the firewall between the starter contactors and the alternator circuit board. It took me about 8 hours all together, and about half of that time I spent trying to find crimpers and terminals for some of the large gage wire I was using at the shunts.

Mark