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Old February 19th 16, 04:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Eric Greenwell[_4_]
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Default Breakers as Switches - Good Idea?

Jim White wrote on 2/18/2016 12:55 AM:

I was using ETA 106-P30 trips that have internal resistance of 0.9ohm for
the 1a and 0.05 for the 5 amp. The problem was my Becker radio which only
likes to work at 12V+. The 5amp breaker dropped the voltage by over 1V on
transmit which for SLA batteries made it unworkable. A standard blade fuse
had much less impact.


Unless your Becker is about 25+ years old, there is something wrong with
it. For decades, Beckers have worked to 10 volts.

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