What are round type curcuit breakers?
Last fall on one of the first cold nights my horn relay decided to short
out and blow the horn in the moiddle of the night. Fiddled with it and it
stopped and hasn't acted up since. Then recently the horn stopped working
and I found the wire to the horn is burned up. It appears the hot lead came
loose from the horn and welded itself to ground. Both of these are weird
failure modes. It underscores that we need to be sure everything is
properly fused in these old beasts because anything that can go wrong will
do so eventually.
Dick Kennedy
>In a message dated 8/24/99 12:44:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Gcbr
>writes:
>
> 60 amp circuit breakers (the round type) next to each battery would
> > provide better protection against a short circuit & service you coach
> > well (40 amp charger).
>
> The folks at West Marine told me to go higher 75 at the battery compartment
> and 100 amp at the engine compartment because of the heat. I have no idea
>who
> is right.
> >>
>
>A direct short would probably open a 100 amp circuit breaker but a loose
>connection might have enough resistance so as to not trip the breaker and a
>connection might get hot enough to start a fire without tripping the
breaker.
> I would stay with the 60 amp breaker.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM
>
>
Last fall on one of the first cold nights my horn relay decided to short
out and blow the horn in the moiddle of the night. Fiddled with it and it
stopped and hasn't acted up since. Then recently the horn stopped working
and I found the wire to the horn is burned up. It appears the hot lead came
loose from the horn and welded itself to ground. Both of these are weird
failure modes. It underscores that we need to be sure everything is
properly fused in these old beasts because anything that can go wrong will
do so eventually.
Dick Kennedy
>In a message dated 8/24/99 12:44:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Gcbr
>writes:
>
> 60 amp circuit breakers (the round type) next to each battery would
> > provide better protection against a short circuit & service you coach
> > well (40 amp charger).
>
> The folks at West Marine told me to go higher 75 at the battery compartment
> and 100 amp at the engine compartment because of the heat. I have no idea
>who
> is right.
> >>
>
>A direct short would probably open a 100 amp circuit breaker but a loose
>connection might have enough resistance so as to not trip the breaker and a
>connection might get hot enough to start a fire without tripping the
breaker.
> I would stay with the 60 amp breaker.
>
>Emery Stora
>77 Kingsley
>Santa Fe, NM
>
>
