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Old January 29th 17, 08:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Sailplane Power Supply

Any glider Wiring Diagram should show a fuse located as close as possible to the battery. I put mine right on the battery using Automotive 5A blade style weather proof fuse holders. There is a lot of energy there, and there are a lot of bad stories out there about wiring shorts, and smoke filled cockpits when fuses were not installed right on the batteries.

I recommend using the automotive blade style fuses instead of circuit breakers. I can't imagine a situation where resetting a circuit breaker in a glider panel results in anything other than a second trip. Circuit breakers have a higher voltage drop, and are a lot less reliable than fuses.

I have always run my glider Batteries in parallel on a common 12V bus, and it's never been a problem. I always buy identical batteries at the same time, and retire them at the same time. The other wiring schemes depicted will work just fine.

SF