REFLECTOR: Switches

[Alex Balic]

Ron-
Common practice is to put the breaker before the load- reason being, if
the load shorts internally or to something else(ground, engine mount,
other wire) the breaker can trip and stop unimpeded current draw (fire)
- so Battery- breaker-switch-device... I suppose you could switch after
the load, but say your breaker malfunctions in hypothetical situation
previously mentioned, you can still stop the short with the switch
without having to turn your master off permanently (you should turn
master off first if you smell electrical fire, then turn off all
switches, then master on, then power up one device at a time- assuming
you can not get down with the master off)
 
Alex
 
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Velocity xl
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 7:59 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Switches
 
Is there a rule on how to wire in switches or the way a circuit is wired
?
 What I mean by that is should the positive side of the battery /
current 
see the circuit breaker then the switch then the device then back to the
battery .
Or would it be ok to wire it with the order of positive side of battery
to device then to the
 switch then the circuit breaker and back to the battery. Or another way

would be to say wire Positive to the breaker then device then switch
 them back to the battery.
 
Any Help here
 
 
 
To Clear up what I am asking are all of these acceptable ways of wiring?
If not could you tell me why?
 
A)  +Battery-------------- Device --------------Breaker
-------------Switch--------------- Battery
B)  +Battery --------------Breaker-------------Device
---------------Switch----------------Battery
C)   +Battery----------------Switch --------------Breaker
-------------Device ---------------Battery
D)   +Battery
---------------Breaker-------------Switch---------------Device----------
------Battery
 
Thanks Ron
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