Clarification on the MSFS 2024 new electrical system

[MSFS 2024] Questions & Community Discussions Aircraft
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Dear Asobo,

@Boris

I am trying to get around my head of the new improved electrical system in MSFS 2024, I am failing to understand properly how to connect a circuit with a breaker to a BUS.

Although I get the concept of lines between buses fairly quick, I would like to understand this:

I have 140 breakers, do I need now to create 140 breakers in the [Electrical] area? and 140 connections to join them to a circuit?

or

Since I have 3 types of breakers (5amp, 7.5amp and 10amp), I am able to create 3 breakers as a “type” like this:

breaker.1   = Name:Breaker_5Amp #RatedCurrent:5 #TripCurveType:IEEE_Vinv
breaker.2   = Name:Breaker_7_5_Amp #RatedCurrent:7.5 #TripCurveType:IEEE_Vinv
breaker.3   = Name:Breaker_10Amp #RatedCurrent:10 #TripCurveType:IEEE_Vinv

Create connections referencing these:

connection.1 = Name:UseBreaker_5Amp #Components:Breaker_5Amp 
connection.2 = Name:UseBreaker_7_5_Amp #Components:Breaker_7_5_Amp
connection.3 = Name:UseBreaker_10Amp  #Components:Breaker_10Amp

and then, reference these during the line definitions?

line.1 = Name:LineADF_BUSA #Connection:UseBreaker_5Amp (BusA,CircuitADF)
line.2 = Name:LineAHRS_BUSA #Connection:UseBreaker_5Amp (BusA,CircuitAHRS)
line.3 = Name:LineFuelPump1_BUSB #Connection:UseBreaker_10Amp (BusB,CircuitFuelPump1)

Is this correct? so basically, define all the circuits and then 140 lines to join the circuits to the correct buses, etc.? referencing each type of connection / each type of breaker? That would make more sense to me, but the documentation is not clear, I think a better example is needed there for people being able to get the idea from the MSFS 2020 electrical system conversion to MSFS 2024 electrical system.

Thanks in advance for any help / clarification.

Raul

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Hello @SimbolFSReborn

This is the correct way to do it.
The Da62 actually illustrates this:

breaker.10  = Name:Breaker_90 # RatedCurrent:90

connection.11 = Name:ConWithBreaker_90 # Components:Breaker_90

line.1 = Name:Battery_BUSToLH_Main_BUS # Connection:ConWithBreaker_90(Battery_BUS,LH_Main_BUS)
...
line.6 = Name:RH_Main_BUSToBattery_BUS # Connection:ConWithBreaker_90(RH_Main_BUS,Battery_BUS)

Regards,
Sylvain

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