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Robert Stia wrote to say that with fuses, in flight trouble shooting

would be difficult, if not impossible. Robert, you're absolutely right.

HOWEVER, I believe that one of the advantages of using inaccessable

fuses is to KEEP you from trouble shooting non-essential failures in

flight. For example, lets say that your strobes stop working for some

unknown reason. Maybe a fuse? maybe something else. Why would you care

while flying. The place for trouble shooting these types of failures is

in the hangar, not in the air. If you had a popped strobe cb would you

reset it in flight? I certainly wouldn't. So if you're don't plan on

using it in flight, why not save the weight, pnl space, and expense and

install a fuse?  For essential components sure, use cb's but even these

should be limited to one reset in the air. Also any component without a

switch to de-energize it (hydraulic motor) is a canadate for a cb. Each

has it's place use the right component in the right instance.



Bill Harrelson

N38BH

harrelson [at] erols.com