X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from rtp-iport-1.cisco.com ([64.102.122.148] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 932783 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 May 2005 17:43:37 -0400 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.102.122.148; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from rtp-core-2.cisco.com (64.102.124.13) by rtp-iport-1.cisco.com with ESMTP; 04 May 2005 17:56:25 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.92,154,1112587200"; d="scan'208"; a="47641493:sNHT758949718" Received: from xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com (xbh-rtp-201.cisco.com [64.102.31.12]) by rtp-core-2.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j44Lgkdr018151 for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from xfe-rtp-212.amer.cisco.com ([64.102.31.100]) by xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:46 -0400 Received: from [64.102.45.251] ([64.102.45.251]) by xfe-rtp-212.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 4 May 2005 17:42:45 -0400 Message-ID: <427941D5.1090500@nc.rr.com> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 17:42:45 -0400 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Circuit breaker article( redundancy power) References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 May 2005 21:42:45.0696 (UTC) FILETIME=[35546C00:01C550F2] WALTER B KERR wrote: > > You do not have to have more than one level of redundancy to basically > eliminate any chance of total failure of the system with failures in > the 1000 hour range such as fuses as long as the pilot has time to try > the backup system? I will take reduncancy ever day of the week > compared to a single CB circuit albeit it I have parallel master > switch circuit breaker's but I do not intend to reset one as long as > the other is working :>) > > I know we are not changing anyone's veiws on CB vs fuses, but it has > been an interesting dialogue. > > Bernie > > Parallel circuit breakers? I don't think I'm understanding that quite right. -- ,|"|"|, | ----===<{{(oQo)}}>===---- Dyke Delta | o| d |o www.ernest.isa-geek.org |