REFLECTOR: How to protect the battery bus
Hiroo Umeno
humeno at microsoft.com
Fri Feb 16 13:55:41 CST 2007
Last weekend, I cranked the fickle Franklin one too many times.
(Yes, I am still trying to find out why it simply will not run... Long story.)
On the third cranking, the voltage on the battery must have dropped sufficiently that the starter motor stopped turning the prop. I probably left my thumb on the starter button a tad longer than I should have.
The shunt blew and the whole electrical system went (except the backup battery system that ran the instruments (glad to know THAT works well).
That got me thinking. Shouldn't there be a CB or something protecting the starter line? I've heard that the starter line is the only line that should NOT have a CB on. Yet I've managed to fry the shunt.
Any thoughts?
Hiroo
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