[BrianG]

That's a possibility I suppose. I still don't like the whole shunting protection scheme, but that's just me. Leaves too much room for high enough currents to sizzle a wire, which may cause collateral damage depending on how bad it is.

I'm not saying my idea is better per se, but it is more elegant. The best thing would be to have some type of protection built into the BEC itself IMO.