dmasys(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: blown fuses |
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---- linn Walters <pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Jesse Saint wrote:
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The only problem in-flight would be getting your legs
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| Quote: | >out of the way so you could flip it down, but in most cases where you are
>blowing a fuse, putting another one in is probably not going to fix the
>problem. The blown fuse is just evidence that there is a problem that needs to be fixed.
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And while you're preoccupied with the fuses, you aren't flying the
plane, checking for traffec etc.!!! Best to wait 'till you're back on
solid ground. IMHO, of course 
Linn
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This is very much the spirit of the Aeroelectric approach: make critical systems redundant so that if one fails (e.g., a fuse blows) you don't have to try to fix it while flying. Just note it and switch to the alternative approach to getting the same job done.
The only fuse I have blown in the -7A was the pitot heat, which was sized for the continuous current load but not for the current spike that accompanies the startup of the pitot (approximately 1.6 x the steady state amperage). Switched from a 15A to 20A fuse and lived happily ever after .
-Dan Masys
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