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Power bus for ECS radiator heaters
I noticed in SaturnSystems.cfg that the radiator heaters are connected to the AC_2 bus:
# ECS heaters
<BOILER> PRIMECSRADIATORSHEATER 0 AC_2 8000.0 7.2 TEMP 247.0 250.0 HYDRAULIC:PRIMRADIATOROUTLET
<BOILER> SECECSRADIATORSHEATER 0 AC_2 8000.0 7.2 TEMP 280.0 282.0 HYDRAULIC:SECRADIATOROUTLET
In the actual spacecraft the PRIM 1, PRIM 2, and SEC heaters are fed from service-module DC buses through over-current protection circuitry, although I have conflicting documents as to which heaters were on SM_MNA vs SM_MNB.
The heaters are a nominal 450W each, which is about 16A at 28VDC. This should be modeled so that the fuel-cell current will increase when a heater turns on. I'm not sure if these SM loads would show up on the "MN A"/"MN B" current readout or if that's for CM buses only.
p.s. the heaters are also associated with "...RADIATOROUTLET" here, although the real ones were on the inlet side of the radiators.