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Re: 1994 U300 Electric Coolant Circulation Pump Failure

Reply #25 –
For me, there is way too many combustibles under the bed to  penetrate the wood floor and the glues for high current battery cables for me. The reason for them where they are is the proximity of the batteries and the steel plate. Incase of massive arc, it has very little combustibles. As far as corrosion, mine is 26 years old and has very little anywhere. Also I am not sure that would be legal for a builder to do that. That is typically a storage area

Re: 1994 U300 Electric Coolant Circulation Pump Failure

Reply #26 –
Quote from: Old Toolmaker –
Having an auto-resetting breaker is only delaying the inevitable, sort of a slow motion overload.  Better to have a manually reset circuit breaker or fuse.
I cannot fault your logic.  My suggestion of a auto-reset breaker was only following the standard set by Foretravel.  Almost every circuit breaker on Foretravel coaches built in the 90's is auto-reset.  The builders must have thought they were up to the task.  Have you ever seen the breaker panel in front of the passenger seat in a late 90's model Unicoach?  Photo below.  See all the wires that are terminated in blue crimp connectors?  Those wires are attached to auto-reset circuit breakers.  LOTS of them (55 IIRC).

But, of course, using a manual reset breaker would also work.  And, as you have pointed out, may even be preferable.  DWMYH

PS:  I edited my post (Reply #17) to remove the term "auto-reset" and will leave choice of breaker type up to the reader.

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Re: 1994 U300 Electric Coolant Circulation Pump Failure

Reply #27 –
Quote from: Chuck & Jeannie –
I cannot fault your logic.  My suggestion of a auto-reset breaker was only following the standard set by Foretravel.  Almost every circuit breaker on Foretravel coaches built in the 90's is auto-reset.  The builders must have thought they were up to the task.  Have you ever seen the breaker panel in front of the passenger seat in a late 90's model Unicoach?  Photo below.  See all the wires that are terminated in blue crimp connectors?  Those wires are attached to auto-reset circuit breakers.  LOTS of them (55 IIRC).

But, of course, using a manual reset breaker would also work.  And, as you have pointed out, may even be preferable.  DWMYH

PS:  I edited my post (Reply #17) to remove the term "auto-reset" and will leave choice of breaker type up to the reader.



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Gotta love google.  The year was 2009.

"Current guidance for part 25, Transport Airplanes in AC 25-16, Electrical Fault and Fire Prevention and Protection that has been accepted for small airplanes, is to recommend that no pilot should reset any circuit breaker more than once.Dec 23, 2009"

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2009/Dec/SAIB_CE-10-11.pdf
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