SF34 CAPTAIN ADVISES MAINTENANCE FAILED TO PULL CIRCUIT BREAKERS PER MEL PROCEDURE.

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IN CRUISE FLT THE RUDDER LIMITER MASTER CAUTION WENT OFF. I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNUSUAL SINCE THE RUDDER LIMITER WAS DEFERRED. WE INITIATED THE QRH AND THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED ON ITS OWN. STILL THINKING IT WAS ODD TO GET THE CAUTION LIGHT WITH THE SYS DEFERRED; I DECIDED TO REVIEW MEL AND VERIFY WE HAD COMPLIED WITH ALL THE FLT CREW OPERATING PROCS. WE HAD; BUT AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE MEL I SAW THAT MAINT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PULLED AND SECURED CIRCUIT BREAKERS G5 AND N7 AS PART OF THEIR PROC. NEITHER CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED OR SECURED. IN THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE RUDDER LIMITER IN THE MAINT MANUAL THE MECH HAD WRITTEN THAT HE HAD PULLED THOSE 2 CIRCUIT BREAKERS. AT THAT POINT I CALLED MAINT AND INFORMED THEM OF THE SITUATION. THEY AGREED THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS SHOULD BE PULLED AND SECURED AND SAID THEY WOULD DO THAT UPON OUR ARR IN ZZZ. WHEN I ASKED IF A WRITE-UP IN THE MAINT MANUAL WAS NECESSARY; THEY SAID NO. SINCE THIS ISSUE WAS ABOUT A MAINT PROC ON A DEFERRAL THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE MAINT MANUAL; I LEFT IT AT THAT. HOWEVER; IT BOTHERS ME THAT THE PLANE FLEW FOR 6 DAYS IN THIS CONDITION; ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAD JUST COME OUT OF MAINT THIS MORNING. I ALSO FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T A DISCREPANCY THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT UP JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS DID GET PULLED AND SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MEL. IF WE HAD BEEN KEEPING THE PLANE I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS GOT PULLED BEFORE THE NEXT FLT. BUT SINCE IT WAS THE LAST LEG OF OUR TRIP; I DID NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY; AND WITHOUT LEAVING A WRITE-UP IN THE MAINT MANUAL I LEFT NO NOTIFICATION FOR THE NEXT CREW. I AM NOT DOUBTING WHOEVER I TALKED WITH ON THE RADIO WHEN THEY SAID THEY'D TAKE CARE OF IT; BUT IT WAS MISSED ONCE AND I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT UP TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T MISSED TWICE.