Under load, a spark of varying degree will definitely be generated depending on that load. The concern about it igniting the reactive materials is minimal. Lots if industrial circumstances utilize knife switches in this manner, on even larger systems.
The act of opening should not be such that the result shorts the two poles, now this would be bad... Quoting Bill Swingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm nearly certain that this wasn't what he was concerned about. > > I'm betting that the opening of the knife switch itself was the spark source > he was speaking of. > > I also wonder if this is a real concern. What are the odds of any hydrogen > being generated during use? I thought it was only generated during > charging... > > Bill Swingle > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME > turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
