ELECTRICAL BATTERY LOAD simvar returns 0 when charging

Version: 1.8.14.0

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: High

Bug description:
The doc for ELECTRICAL BATTERY LOAD states “The load handled by the named (or indexed) Battery where negative values mean the battery is receiving current.”

However, when charging , the simvar is returning 0.

Repro steps: Verify battery is charging in Electrical Debug window, check ELECTRICAL BATTERY LOAD:n in Simvar Watcher, see 0 instead of negative charging load.

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Hello @StevenPearce833

This has been clarified in the latest version of the documentation:
Aircraft Electrics Variables

The modern electrical system does not support this yet and there’s no workaround.
We will need to introduce a new simvar for this.
This is in our backlog.

Regards,
Sylvain

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