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Well, it could happen of course, but then you can get a bad or rather a marginal fuse as well. Fuses have been known to blown below their rate current. I've never had a CB fail (yet), I have had success in resetting a Circuit Breaker - so my bias toward circuit breakers. If you feel comfortable with fuses then far be it from me to suggest a change - me, I would not feel comfortable with a fuse in power to a flight-critical component.

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From: Russell Duffy

To: Rotary motors in aircraft

Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:37 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: finally changed to fuses vs circuit breakers was Re: Ed's new rotor housings

if the CB doesn't reset I haven't lost anything over a fuse, BUT if it does reset - it may save my butt or the aircraft.

Hey Ed, how about if the CB trips because the circuit breaker IS the problem? The only tripped breaker I've seen in a certified plane turned out to be a bad CB.  I've also seen bad CB's at home, and at work. Why add another device that can fail?

Rusty (just couldn't resist resist)