Return-Path: Received: from www.sequoianet.com ([206.242.77.3]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:18:39 -0400 Received: from inet001.cardell.com (INET001.sequoianet.com [207.87.248.2]) by www.sequoianet.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-51638U1000L1000S0) with SMTP id AAA281 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:27:55 -0400 Received: from ccMail by inet001.cardell.com (ccMail Link to SMTP R8.00.01) id AA924265660; Fri, 16 Apr 99 08:27:43 -0500 Message-Id: <9904169242.AA924265660@inet001.cardell.com> Date: Fri, 16 Apr 99 08:17:08 -0500 From: To: Subject: Re:Alternator circuit breaker X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Don Gordon asks about availability of a 60amp circuit breaker for the alternator.... I went down this road several months ago. I looked a little and found nothing. Doesn't mean there isn't one. I have a 60amp B&C alternator on my 360. After much discussion in this forum, I elected to install an 80 amp fuse on a 4 gage wire going to the alternator. The wire and fuse are well above the alternator output and if that fuse blows, the wisdom seems to be that you don't want to mess with the cause in flight. Switching gears was a bit inconvenient because I already had a 50 amp breaker in the panel from Lancair. But I'm more comfortable this way. Ed de Chazal Rochester, Michigan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML homepage: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html