---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 05/30/24: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:56 AM - Re: ANL fuse 60 amp. (James Kale) 2. 07:47 AM - Re: ANL fuse 60 amp. (N1921R) 3. 10:29 AM - Re: ANL fuse 60 amp. (user9253) 4. 11:56 AM - Fusible Link Terminals (TERRY EDWARDS) 5. 12:42 PM - Re: Fusible Link Terminals (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:56:13 AM PST US From: James Kale Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: ANL fuse 60 amp. --- MIME Errors - No Plain-Text Section Found --- A message with no text/plain MIME section was received. The entire body of the message was removed. Please resend the email using Plain Text formatting. HOTMAIL is notorious for only including an HTML section in their client's default configuration. If you're using HOTMAIL, please see your email application's settings and switch to a default mail option that uses "Plain Text". --- MIME Errors No Plain-Text Section Found --- ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:47:10 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: ANL fuse 60 amp. From: "N1921R" If you have Amazon Prime Search "Blue Sea Systems 5123 ANL Fuse, 60A" within Amazon and select "All Prime" $21.04 -------- John Bright, RV-6A N1921R, working on FWF. Single battery, alternator on main bus, Monkworkz generator on engine/essential bus. My links here Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=513623#513623 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:29:51 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: ANL fuse 60 amp. From: "user9253" Read this thread: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=16778818 Especially the post by Charlie and his picture of fusible links. -------- Joe Gores Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=513624#513624 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:56:10 AM PST US From: TERRY EDWARDS Subject: AeroElectric-List: Fusible Link Terminals I'm making 22-24 AWG fusible links for the Garmin shunts on my RV-9A using B and C's kit. Two questions: Is there any reason not to use knife splice terminals instead of the butt splice terminals between the fusible link and the aircraft 20 AWG wire? This would make it much easier to service in the event of a fusible link fusing. Is there a minimum length of fusible link? The Aeroelectric Connection book states 4" (Page 10-4 04/00) and the Aeroelectric Connection Articles (with pictures) states 5-6". My shunt is right next to my firewall penetration. Would 2-3" be too short? Regards, Terry Edwards 1159 Lombardy Drive Port Coquitlam, BC, V3B 5Z3 Canada Phone: 604-944-1969 Email: terry.edwards@telus.net ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:42:50 PM PST US From: Charlie England Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Fusible Link Terminals On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 1:59=AFPM TERRY EDWARDS wrote: > I'm making 22-24 AWG fusible links for the Garmin shunts on my RV-9A usin g > B and C's kit. Two questions: > Is there any reason not to use knife splice terminals instead of the butt > splice terminals between the fusible link and the aircraft 20 AWG wire? > This would make it much easier to service in the event of a fusible link > fusing. > Is there a minimum length of fusible link? The Aeroelectric Connection > book states 4" (Page 10-4 04/00) and the Aeroelectric Connection Articles > (with pictures) states 5-6". My shunt is right next to my firewall > penetration. Would 2-3" be too short? > > I wouldn't; here's why. Places where we're likely to use fusible links ar e places where the circuit protection will activate only in truly catastrophic conditions, so the odds of replacing the link before replacing the aircraft are so close to zero that you probably can't find enough decimal places to measure it. Therefore....you're much more likely to have issues with the joints in the knife splices than with a blown link. In fact, you're almost certain to have issues with them at some point. Tangential example: my current (purchased) 20 yr old RV6 has in-line glass fuses in those sense wires, and I get erroneous current readings so often I completely ignore ammeter readings/warnings. Normal in-flight vibrations cause current readings to jump all over the place. I'll eventually fix it, but in-flight current measurements are almost totally useless so it's a very low priority. One other issue: if you're using links in that location, be sure you have that 4-size difference between the wire & the link (18ga wire if using a 22ga link, etc). (FWIW, nothing I build will even have an ammeter installed.) 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