RV-9A: Electrical - 9/19/2010
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 The Switch/Breaker kit has arrived!
This kit was put together to correspond to the Wiring Harness kit that I received a while back. I should have ordered them at same time, but I didn''t even know that this switch/breaker existed. I also should have ordered the Ignition Switch as well. This Switch/Breaker Kit (ES WD-SW) comes with five 10 amp switches, one 1 amp switch, one master switch, one 5 amp breaker, one 10 amp breaker and one 60 amp breaker. For some strange reason, the Switch/Breaker kit only has on one 5 amp switch in it and you need two. The wiring plans show two 5 amp switches. Weird, huh?
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 Mounted the switches and breakers
These dudes are only hand-tight. You'll notice a hole in the panel where the missing 5 amp switch goes. I am going to do a hand-tight install through-out this whole wiring experiment until I feel confident that I have everything where it goes. Then I will go back and tighten everything, also putting on the shrink fit tubing and try out my electrical system. Oh, by the way, how did I know which way is up? The switch stem has the number of amps stamped on the end.
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 The rear view
Cool! These switches and breakers add a lot of weight to the panel. I noticed right away that I'm going to have a problem with the 60 amp breaker being longer that the other two breakers. The short copper bar I made last week ain't gonna' work.
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 Trial copper bar fit
Perfect fit! Phew!
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 Oops! Trouble with my pre-fabbed short copper bar.
I found that the short copper wouldn't work for the breakers that come in the Switch/Breaker Kit (ES WD-SW) from Van's. The holes that I drilled in the short copper bar are too large for the screws on 2 of the breakers. Also, the short copper had to be bent to custom fit the larger and longer 60 amp breaker for the alternator.
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 Here's the new custom fit copper bar
The screws in the two 5 and 10 amp breakers are smaller than the ones in the switches, so I made holes in the copper to fit them. The 60 amp breaker screw is huge, so I drilled that one to fit as well.
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