I?ve had a couple of fuses blow in the cowl flaps. It happened today at 9kft when I went to close them. I pulled the fuse and put a new one in. The label on the wire was a 1 amp fuse. I had a 3 and stuck it in there and it popped immediately.
I quit sticking fuses in after that. I realized after the fact that the switch was in the closed position when I replaced the fuse and the flaps were obviously still open. I stuck a 5 amp fuse in once back on the ground (with the switch in the open position) and cycled them a few times and it was all good. I don?t feel comfortable with a 5 amp fuse in there where a 1 amp fuse should be.
Any ideas on why I would be popping fuses?
I quit sticking fuses in after that. I realized after the fact that the switch was in the closed position when I replaced the fuse and the flaps were obviously still open. I stuck a 5 amp fuse in once back on the ground (with the switch in the open position) and cycled them a few times and it was all good. I don?t feel comfortable with a 5 amp fuse in there where a 1 amp fuse should be.
Any ideas on why I would be popping fuses?