Spent the evening revising my Essential Bus relay design, and engineering a way to mount it in a different location from where I'd originally put it. This will eliminate an always-hot wire running all the way from the battery to near the panel. After the change, the battery bus and E-Bus relay will be in the forward avionics bay, just inside the hole where the hot lead comes through the firewall. I would have preferred to put both these items on the forward side of the firewall, but I was concerned about their ability to withstand the heat. I haven't sacrificed too much safety by putting it in the bay. Everything's a compromise with an RV-8, due to lack of space.
No photo today.