I'm not the voice of experience yet but I'm almost done wiring and I'll list some
considerations I had. The major downside is cost. I have several 3 amp breakers
on my panel and as you will note they are the most expensive on the entire
list. In my case I had to go back and replace a couple with a higher amperage
and now have breakers laying on the table which I won't use. Since I went
with w58's that isn't a big hit. Another downside is -- is there any visual
indication if they are tripped? (I don't know the answer.) A part of my goal
was the very minimum exposure of wires that could short while unprotected. If
you use a combination switch/breaker you either have to have it close to the
buss bar (maximum protection but possibly inconvenient location) or else have
a unprotected hot wire going to your switch/breaker(which you located conveniently).
On the plus side is a lot of convenience. They take up much less space.
You don't have to worry about the quality of your crimps between a breaker
and your switch and save you the labor of wiring a separate switch.
Its getting time to start planning the Electrical curcuits my plane.
I am looking at the circuit breaker/ switch to act as both Switch and circuit breaker
also.
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/pbcircuitbrkr.php W31 Series
Has anyone had a problem using this method? Pros. or cons
Any ideas?
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