Sharingabreak
er
Wheremorethan1pieceofequipmentsharesabreakeryoumustprovideprotectionforthe
individualcircuits.E.g.byconnectinganin-linefuseforeachpowercircuit.
1
P ositive(+)bar
2
Negative(-)bar
3Circuitbreak er
4Fuse
Wherepossible ,connectindividualitemsofequipmenttoindividualcircuitbreakers.Wherethisis
notpossible,useindividualin-linefusestoprovidethenecessaryprotection.
Poweranddrivecables
Importantelectricalconsiderationswhenplanningcablerunsandequipmentlocation.
Theamountofelectricalcurrentavailabletotheautopilotsystemcomponentswillbeimpactedby
thelengthandgaugeofthecablesusedtoconnectallthecomponents.Whendeterminingthe
cablerequiredforthepoweranddriveconnectionsitisnecessarytoconsiderthecombinedcable
lengthofbothconnections.
A CU–100/ACU–150connections
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