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Old 27th Apr 2016, 12:26
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Agree with Mono.

The tie bus links bus bars together to facilitate load sharing, APU power supply etc.

Generally, the aircraft systems are supplied via circuit breakers from their respective bus bars, not from a tie bus,
this allows the hierarchy of supply in the event of failure, i.e. Bus 1, Essential Bus, Battery Bus, Hot Battery Bus…
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