Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety...

Film canisters taped on. Bob Bath, from his iPod, so any misspellings are from autocorrect or fat fingers on a small device, not cluelessness... > On Jan 4, 2017, at 2:48 AM, Evan Tuer via EV wrote: > > n Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Matthew Quitter via EV

Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety...

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Matthew Quitter via EV wrote: > That's great, and I'm in the UK too! > > I was wondering what people do to insulate the ends of live HV cables > during installation and removal? Stop them accidentally touching something. > > I'm about to remove

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ed. > > > -Original Message- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 10:02 AM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety... > > Thos True wrote: > > Failing to i

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. -Original Message- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 10:02 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety... Thos True wrote: > Failing to insulated the exposed wires have been known to lead to s

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On 3 Jan 2017 at 12:01, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > Batteries can deliver enormous short-circuit currents. This is where I refer you to the story of how former EVDLer John "Plasma Boy" Wayland got his nickname (short version). http://evdl.org/pages/plasmaboy.html Please read it! It could save

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On 3 Jan 2017 at 15:29, Matthew Quitter via EV wrote: > Tried replying to a couple of conversations and it didn't work. Sorry about that. Like everything else connected to email these days, the EVDL has spam filters. And like all spam filters, sometimes they get a little over-enthusiastic

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On 3 Jan 2017 at 7:57, Jim Walls via EV wrote: > This list is set up so that replies go to the originator rather than back to > the list. Well, not exactly. The "reply to list" flag is indeed set on the EVDL software. However, there are some email clients that still want to direct the reply

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Thos True wrote: Failing to insulated the exposed wires have been known to lead to some nasty burns (on crew and vehicle), as well as damaged batteries and battery boxes. Hope that this helps! That reminds me. Electrical cables have some nasty surprises that can cause serious mischief.

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Matthew Quitter wrote: I've been using a small styrofoam cup as quick insulation... didn't seem adequate. That does seem a bit risky. Not very strong, and falls off easily. So there's no product that anyone sells that's built for purpose? No doubt someone sells an (expensive) custom

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On Tue Jan 03 07:57:02 PST 2017 ev@lists.evdl.org said: >This list is set up so that replies go to the originator rather than back >to the list. If you don't remember to manually add the list into the Only if your Email reader is broken. List msgs have a Reply-To: header that includes both the

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Matt, Having been involved with building (and rebuilding), and racing EV's for a couple of decades, I have found the heat shrink tube method preferable, but in situations where this is not readily available, other methods also work. The two most common are wrapping the exposed ends in at least 2

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Thanks for your reply. Great that I can now interact with the list. Have enjoyed being a spectator for a while but wanted to get involved. I've been using a small styrofoam cup as quick insulation... didn't seem adequate. So there's no product that anyone sells that's built for purpose? A

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Matthew Quitter via EV wrote: I was wondering what people do to insulate the ends of live HV cables during installation and removal? Stop them accidentally touching something. I slide on a piece of heat-shrink tubing (small wires) or a piece of rubber hose (big wires or terminals). --

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Jim Walls via EV wrote: This list is set up so that replies go to the originator rather than back to the list. If you don't remember to manually add the list into the address (or use "Reply all"), the list won't get the message. My personal opinion is that this is a dumb way to set up a list,

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Matthew Quitter via EV wrote: Firstly, does anyone get this? Tried replying to a couple of conversations and it didn't work. Hi Matthew, Yes, it arrived in my email IN box nice and clear. You're connected! :-) -- Teaching children to program goes against the grain of modern education. Just

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uss Sciville <rustyb...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Yep (from the UK) > > Russ > > > From: Matthew Quitter via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2017, 15:29 > Subject: [EVDL]

Re: [EVDL] Electrical Safety...

This list is set up so that replies go to the originator rather than back to the list. If you don't remember to manually add the list into the address (or use "Reply all"), the list won't get the message. My personal opinion is that this is a dumb way to set up a list, but this is not my

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Yep (from the UK) Russ From: Matthew Quitter via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Tuesday, 3 January 2017, 15:29 Subject: [EVDL] Electrical Safety... Firstly, does anyone get this? Tried replying to a couple of c

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