I am doing it the same way as my RV8. I have a cigar lighter plug near
the battery for trickle charge and avionics work, and a door in the
baggage bulkhead thru which I reach in to attach standard automotive
jumper cables to the hot lug of the master contactor and a grounding
lug. Now in the rare event you need an emergency jump to leave town, any
passing motorist has the cables you need. No dead weight in the
airplane. I actually had several occasions to need that setup in the
RV8, all due to a bad starter that depleted my battery trying to get
started. After finding that and replacing it, never had a need for
jumping since.
Chris Hukill
Wiring the machine
