There is no breaker protecting the wire going to the bus.

Mike
MU-2


"Jon A." wrote in message
...
If one breaks and shorts, the beaker pops and the circuit is dead. If
one is loose or breaks and doesn't short because it well bundled, then
it's done the job.

And let's not forget to either snip or top post, or the feds will
arrive at your hanger to help you.

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 04:54:02 GMT, "Mike Rapoport"
wrote:


"Jon A." wrote in message
. ..
BTW I am not going to rewire my certified airplane but I was under the
panel
lubricating some bowden cables for the cabin heat and noticed two wires
with
the same origin and destination points which got me to thinking "Why".
I
am
also going to be building a Moose and so I am interested in all this
kind
of
stuff.
I appreciate the information.

Mike
MU-2
Helio Courier
That's for redundancy. One breaks, the other handles it. My current
avionics panel was wired professionally some years back. When I
upgraded the avionics, I found this beautiful job of double wiring,
both sides. I wish I would have repeated it, but I didn't. If you're
building a Moose, go for it, but there's no need to do a double feed
to the buss, especially when you're getting up there in the 12 gauge
range.



I'd be surprised if it was for redundancy since if one breaks and shorts
it
will require shutting off all the avionics or else it will start a fire
since it is unprotected. The current goes from the battery to the master
contactor to the avionics contactor to the avionics bus where the first
circuit breakers appear. It was professionally wired too.

Mike
MU-2
Helio Courier