RV-9A panel question, Fuse block

[AF_Alan]

Ron -

My reasoning was to be able to reset (at least once) anything critical inflight, so I have Dynon on a breaker switch on the panel.

Non-critical flight items are fused behind the panel. I wish I'd seen the hinged panel sooner although I doubt I'd be able to find/reach/replace a bad fuse inflight.

A/P servos are on a pullable fuse on front of panel.

Good Luck

[Guyfly47]

After trying and getting no response from the mihdirect.biz link, I called Cooper Bussman and asked who is their distributor for the 15710 series RTC fuse block and found Connector Concepts of Mundelein, IL have them at http://www.connectorconcepts.com/ . They also have the terminals but not the special tool to release them. I found a drawing for the tool on either this site or the aeroelectric list at matronics.com. Waytekwire.com has the tool but with a minimum order of 25.

[csmith3603]

Why not just get a bus panel from Composite Corp with or without the wiring harness? Simple fast and documented.

[Mich48041]

The Cooper Industries website has a list of distributors.
http://www.cooperindustries.com/cont...stributor.html
I am not familiar with the 15710 fuse block, but is it really necessary to remove the terminals? It would seem that terminals would not have to be removed unless defective and require replacement.
Joe Gores

[Guyfly47]

Originally Posted by Mich48041

The Cooper Industries website has a list of distributors.
http://www.cooperindustries.com/cont...stributor.html
I am not familiar with the 15710 fuse block, but is it really necessary to remove the terminals? It would seem that terminals would not have to be removed unless defective and require replacement.
Joe Gores

Joe,

Not all of the distributors carry the 15710 fuse block and fewer still carry the 12/8 combination that I wanted.
As far as not needing to remove terminals, you are a better man than I if you never need to undo/redo anything during construction or thereafter.

Eric

[rapid_ascent]

It has been my experience that fuses either blow because of a fault or they are sized incorrectly. I just don't see the need for being able to access them from the front panel.

[MauiLvrs]

Originally Posted by rapid_ascent

It has been my experience that fuses either blow because of a fault or they are sized incorrectly. I just don't see the need for being able to access them from the front panel.

Exactly.

Ours requires two screws be removed to access the fuses panel so yo have some time to think about it.

Everything critical has a battery backup.