Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #7391
From: Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Back from Sun & Fun
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:13:20 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Adding to the fuse vs Circuit break debate.  I had my alternator field coil circuit breaker pop three times during the flight home.  I reset it and it generally ran another 1 1/2 hours before popping again.  Don't know what the problem is until I dig into it, but it kelp producing 14 volts while it ran so was plenty good to get me home.  Could not have reset a fuse, so while I do use fuses or non flight critical items (such as instruments) all my flight critical systems are with circuit breakers.
 
 Can't wait to hear what you find.  Maybe a bad breaker, which will certainly add to the fuse vs breaker debate, but not in the way you expected :-) 
 
Cheers,
Rusty (my brain is a fuse)
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