Jeffrey Jenkins wrote: > In any event, I agree that it is entirely foreseeable that a fuse will > blow, a contactor will open under load, etc., but I don't mistake that > for being a "normal" or "everyday" occurrence. Generally speaking, you > size the fuse to protect the insulation on wires from overheating, so > if the fuse blows consider that a none-too-subtle hint.
Agreed, this should certainly not be a frequent occurrence. My point is simply that if the fuse opening, which is what it is intended to do and which by definition will happen under load, and this normal (though infrequent) event takes out the controller, then the controller was not well designed. Cheers, Roger. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
