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Old March 16th 19, 07:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andrzej Kobus
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Default Battery safety (againish)

On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 1:04:19 PM UTC-4, kinsell wrote:
On 3/16/19 10:05 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Was wondering if others had read and were doing this:
https://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/wp-con...2019-103-e.pdf

The ASG-29E has a gas tank directly above two batteries used to power flight instruments.


Interesting that they say to add epoxy to the casing. Putting a fuse at
one of the battery terminals would be a more conventional way of
handling it, and would allow for easier battery replacement.


You are missing the point. The fuse will not protect against internal short.