cdenk@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Nick Ugolin writes <breakers to be highly
> unreliable >
> Murphey's Law will prevail, what can go wrong, will go wrong. One of the main
failure modes
> of fuses is vibration with the little wire breaking. I have replaced more than
my share of
> glass cylindrical fuses on autos, trucks, and farm equipment wher there was no
electrical
> fault. Just replaced the fuse, and worked for years. Also I usually have
> dropsy
in flight
> and in turbulence at night I would anyday go for the circuit breaker. I have
replaced 1 in
> 500 hours.
>
> Carl Denk: "cdenk@ix.netcom.com"
Capture a fuse block from newer American design cars using plastic fuse
plug with "Z" shaped fuse link. NO CHANCE of those suffering vibration
breakage. The amount of vibration required would most assuredly shake
the plane to pieces first!
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