From 2d09acb10f37d74cb723d0004730a585daf48b2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: curt <curt>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:55:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix a potential crash when an electrical system is not
 defined.

---
 src/Systems/electrical.cxx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Systems/electrical.cxx b/src/Systems/electrical.cxx
index f4eebbbac..9fc810957 100644
--- a/src/Systems/electrical.cxx
+++ b/src/Systems/electrical.cxx
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ FGElectricalSystem::~FGElectricalSystem () {
 void FGElectricalSystem::init () {
     config_props = new SGPropertyNode;
 
+    SGPropertyNode *path_n = fgGetNode("/sim/systems/electrical/path", true);
+
     SGPath config( globals->get_fg_root() );
-    config.append( fgGetString("/sim/systems/electrical/path") );
+    config.append( path_n->getStringValue() );
 
     SG_LOG( SG_ALL, SG_ALERT, "Reading electrical system model from "
             << config.str() );