> From: Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> > > Common wisdom puts a pack fuse in the battery box before cables exit... My EV > that was converted around 1995 by a now > defunct converter company, has no overcurrent protection on the battery > pack... any event that would create a short anywhere along the many feet of > pack cabling, would cause a current only limited by the battery pack > itself.
> Indeed, I still need to buy and install a fuse inline in the pack. I think you've convinced me to install a fuse! I was sorta hoping that the controller (Curtis 1231C-8601) had some sort of over-current protection, but that won't protect against a mechanical short between the pack and the controller. Indeed, if you have a split pack, you need a fuse for each segment to properly protect against mechanical shorts. In an accident, both ends of a partial pack could get pinched in frame metal. Sheesh. One more thing to buy. :::: At best, it [conservation] means we will run out of energy a little more slowly. -- Ronald Reagan :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: _______________________________________________ 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)
