Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #27987
From: Bill&Sue <5zq@cox.net>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Power panels
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:46:23 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

> > Aircraft Spruce? (P/N 11-11675 or 11-00430)
> another way to reduce the cost of a pile of klixons
> breakers is a car fuse block...
 
I agree, Rob. We used two fuse blocks on our 320. Saved a bunch of weight, cost and panel space. The rule we used was this; if it was a circuit that we would consider reseting in flight...it went on a breaker. Anything that we would NOT consider resetting in flight (nav lights, strobe, transponder, fm radio, etc)  went on a fuse. Our fuses are not accessable in flight. Breakers pop for a reason and that reason is usually an electrical short. Pushing in a popped breaker in flight, especially if it's for equipment that you really don't NEED, might be putting you flight at unnecessary risk. In almost all cases, trouble shooting should occur on the ground...not in flight.
 
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ  320  900 hrs
N6ZQ   IV    1%
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