switches and circuit breakers

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My guess would be that Boeing and others will just pass the cost of those pricey objects on to us anyway.

[HighWing]

Thanks Jeff. That is the way I have always felt. Regarding Bob Nuckolls. He was on one of the early Kitfox lists. He was one of the guys as we all are. It was not difficult to disagree with some of what he posted and agree with the rest. When he became the Guru those feelings persisted especially about Circuit Breakers vs. Fuses. Both N96KL and N338S have CBs. I have twelve on 338S - two labeled "Aux" expecting new add ons. The $$ were not a factor in the decision. In the 900 hours I put on 96KL - no breakers popped. No regrets.

[Norm]

I put C Bs on my Fox and was happy to see the 15 amp one popped one day on the electric IVO prop. Happy because it protects the motor on the prop from taking too much load and happy to know the breakers work. My Switches have LEDs in the ends and it was easy to spot that the breaker had popped because the LED was off.
I like the system.

[Danzer1]

Always a hot topic, but I look at it this way as an analogy:

If fuses were such a great and safe way of doing wire protection - every house in the country would still be using them instead of circuit breakers!

Kinda makes one think about it a little differently!

Greg

[jrevens]

Always a hot topic, but I look at it this way as an analogy:

If fuses were such a great and safe way of doing wire protection - every house in the country would still be using them instead of circuit breakers!

Kinda makes one think about it a little differently!

Greg

A closer analogy relating to the equipment being protected might be: If circuit breakers were such a great and safe way of doing wire protection, every automobile in the country would be using them instead of fuses.

Obviously, they can both be good and safe ways of doing wire protection. I believe that one of the main reasons for the abandonment of fuses in house wiring was that they could be too easily substituted with improper sizes (or even a coin or slug). Also the load on a particular circuit could be indiscriminately varied all over the map by anyone in a home, so it was probably eventually deemed imprudent to allow people to easily vary the amount of protection on a particular circuit. This could lead to all kinds of other discussions about government feeling the need to protect people from themselves.

I like circuit breakers... got 'em in my first homebuilt. I also like fuses... got 'em in my Kitfox.

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My 912is folks think fuses are good. I have a whole box of em.

[Av8r3400]

Just to throw a curve in the mix, I used "breaker switches" in my plane. They serve the purpose of both items and only half he space is taken in the panel.

Link. Yes they are expensive, but they work very well.