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Ev Archive for May 2000
1453 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:48:34 2001

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Re: Bad Boy "Plus" Opportunity Charger



Mike Chancey wrote:
>FWIW, in case anyone is concerned about shock hazards.  This car uses both a
>positive and negative contactor for pack isolation, and with sealed
>batteries conductive traces to ground should be minimized.

Please include one more shock hazzard prevention, connect the 3rd prong on
your plugin to the vehicle frame. My buggy can barely manage 1ma ground
current, but if the frame is not grounded its still a quick twitch when you
touch it (that fails to trip a GFI - also a good idea to add to the
non-isolated charger).

Neon