Rowland, Having researched the question at the time and taken a fair bit of
advice, I also used 30 amp switched circuit breakers, (from RD Aviation, but
can't tell you the make without going back to the plane), which act as my
main & alternator switches, and have given faultless service for 7 yrs.,
although I haven't put them to the test of having something downstream short
out!
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rowland Carson" <rowil@clara.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:24 PM
Subject: Europa-List: 30A slo-blo fuse
>
> The wiring diagram for the Europa Rotax installation shows 2 off 30A
> slo-blo fuses, in the battery & alternator lines to the main busbar.
>
> What hardware have UK builders used to realise these fuses? And where did
> you get it?
>
> All the fuses I've found readily available are automotive blade fuses
> which all seem to be fast-blow.
>
> There are also industrial cartridge fuses (10mm x 38mm) which will fit the
> inline fuseholders available from Halfords (Autoleads AGU part # G2-30-H)
> but neither these nor the ones supllied in the Autoleads holders indicate
> the speed of blowing.
>
> ANL type current limiters sound nice but (a) are difficult to get in UK
> and (b) the minimum size is 35A. Pete Smoothy at Airworld says he can get
> 40A ones from B&C. But a 40A ANL is maybe too loose to protect 10AWG
> wires?
>
> And how important is it anyway to fit slow-blow as opposed to fast-blow in
> these positions?
>
> Opinions, part numbers, suppliers details, all welcome!
>
> regards
>
> Rowland
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