Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981121123408.02cd6f5c@olsusa.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 12:34:08 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: BILL and SUE <harrelson@erols.com> (by way of Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>)
Subject: Re: Fuses vs C.B.
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Robert Stia wrote to say that with fuses, in flight trouble shooting
would be difficult, if not impossible. Robert, you're absolutely right.
HOWEVER, I believe that one of the advantages of using inaccessable
fuses is to KEEP you from trouble shooting non-essential failures in
flight. For example, lets say that your strobes stop working for some
unknown reason. Maybe a fuse? maybe something else. Why would you care
while flying. The place for trouble shooting these types of failures is
in the hangar, not in the air. If you had a popped strobe cb would you
reset it in flight? I certainly wouldn't. So if you're don't plan on
using it in flight, why not save the weight, pnl space, and expense and
install a fuse?  For essential components sure, use cb's but even these
should be limited to one reset in the air. Also any component without a
switch to de-energize it (hydraulic motor) is a canadate for a cb. Each
has it's place use the right component in the right instance.

Bill Harrelson
N38BH
harrelson@erols.com