[simpits-tech] Hot breaker!

[Matt Bailey]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:50:53 -0600
Cris Harrison <phoenixcomm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 01/23/2015 02:02 AM, Matt Bailey wrote:
> > Got an odd little issue on the Sabreliner. While doing electrical
> > work, I stupidly broke one of the terminals off a circuit breaker
> > in the overhead. Not to worry, I found what appeared to be an
> > identical part on that massive airplane junkyard: ebay.
> >
> > Oddly, the breaker is heating up a lot. I have a number of other
> > breakers running the same sort of power (5vDC for cockpit lighting)
> > and NONE of the others are even warm to the touch. Is it possible
> > for a breaker to deteriorate such that it runs hot, but does not
> > fail? Or could it just be a cheap breaker?
> >
> most likely have a bad breaker... did you check your total current on 
> that leg? maybe its not tripping
> Cris H.

It's the only hot breaker on the panel, so I suspect the breaker at
this point. I need to open up that overhead again and try another
breaker for testing.


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Matt Bailey

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