 Circuit Breakers/Fuses
Work again has started on the Lola after a five month break with the race cars etc. Fitting the nose area where I left off and doing wiring.
I'll be making an electrical panel for the car that will contain all the operating switches for the spartan system the car will use. I've got the fuse block and harness that RCR supplies with the car and it is fine. However, I'm considering using part of it and doing away with the fuse block and using circuit breakers instead.
I could use these style breakers that are push in / pop out like on the aircraft our club has. They look like the first photo. You can get them in all sorts of amperages and just like a fuse they have just two simple connections - supply and load. I'll use the "standard" race car toggle switch to operate my circuits, the good only stainless steel switch you see everywhere.
Or, alternatively, I found these cool integrated switch/circuit breakers that are also available in various ratings. These apparently flip when tripped and you can reset them by cycling them. They are rated for circuit breaker and switch duty, sort of pricey but they kill two birds with one stone.
Anyone fooled around with either one? |