switches and circuit breakers

[efwd]

I just spent my entire trip over from CA to Washington DC reading that very chapter of AeroElectric .."switches, relays and contactors". It was very informative. He covers everything including the "knife blade" switch they depict in Frankenstein. I learned a good deal reading this chapter.
Eddie

[Esser]

I do have the AeroElectric but I am finding it hard to sit down and read it cover to cover with all the studies I have going on right now. Maybe I will jump ahead to that chapter for now. Thanks for your input. Does he have opinions about fuses vs. CBs?

[efwd]

He most certainly does.
Eddie

[colospace]

Bob is a proponent of fuses and not resetting/replacing anything in-flight. Following that advise, I have mounted my fuse blocks on the back-side of my panel (with mostly fuses that illuminate when blown). We'll have to see how that works out in practice.

[mr bill]

I did the same, essential circuits on the nearside of the panel and nonessential on the farside.

[jmodguy]

http://www.campbells.org/Airplanes/a...rsVsFuses.html

An interesting test comparison of fuses vs CBs

[jrevens]

http://www.campbells.org/Airplanes/a...rsVsFuses.html

An interesting test comparison of fuses vs CBs

That was interesting, Jeff, but it's a pretty old article (2003) and the author specifically tested 3AG type glass fuses, rather than the more modern ATC type that are obviously much more robust. The result is that some of the negative conclusions he made about fuses don't pertain or are not relevant.