humptybump
Well Known Member
With more and more electronics, the complexity of the electrical system grows. For many RVs, things are quite different from when the original kit was designed. A recent "show is your panel" had 46 visible circuit breakers. An RV-1: has just 12 visible fuses.
I've done a few upgrades to my panel over the past 5 years and each time, I ask myself the same questions.
Before we get off into the weeds, I understand the circuit breaker / fuse is designed to protect the wire, not the component.
I fly an RV-8. During one significant upgrade I moved the circuit breakers to the panel. I now need the panel real estate and will eventually need to go back to using the right-hand side panel.
I still have not found a good location for the fuse blocks.
I'm interested it the choices other builders have made and how those decisions have worked out.
I've done a few upgrades to my panel over the past 5 years and each time, I ask myself the same questions.
- Should every single electrical consumer have its own circuit?
- What electrical consumers could be / should not be combined into a single circuit?
- Should electrical component 'X' get a circuit breaker or would a fuse be OK?
- Where to mount the circuit breakers and/or fuse blocks?
Before we get off into the weeds, I understand the circuit breaker / fuse is designed to protect the wire, not the component.
I fly an RV-8. During one significant upgrade I moved the circuit breakers to the panel. I now need the panel real estate and will eventually need to go back to using the right-hand side panel.
I still have not found a good location for the fuse blocks.
I'm interested it the choices other builders have made and how those decisions have worked out.
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