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Old June 20th 18, 06:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Benedict Smith
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Default A complicated question about LiFePO4 batteries, - and switching.

At 14:56 20 June 2018,
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wrote:
QT,

All breakers suffer a voltage drop of some amount (see more

below).
Theref=
ore some pilots like fuses as they have no voltage drop at all. I

went
awa=
y from fuses as they don't give me a positive indication of a trip,

are
dif=
ficult to fix in (soaring) flight, and are fragile.=20


- John OHM =E2=84=A6

John,
You can connect a 12v led indicator in parallel with the fuse, it will
light up if the fuse blows, regarding fixing them in flight, I would
want to know why it had blown before replacing it, not easy to
diagnose electrical faults and fly safely at the same time!
Ben.