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| Ev Archive for August 2001 |
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| 1292 messages, last added Fri Aug 31 23:58:17 2001 |
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Re: Bypass contactors.
> years. These are mercury displacment contactors. They have two
> electrodes above a mercury bath and a bobbin that is pulled into the
> bath to displace the mercury and have it cover the electrodes. All this
> takes place in a sealed glass tube with a fiberglass outer sheeve. They
> are a little gangly but about the same size amp for amp as a AB
> builiton100.
>
Yes, but they are totally impractical for an EV that bounces around, goes
around corners or accelerates/decelerates or (shudder) flips over. All of
these things can cause the mercury to move and make/break contact when you
don't want it to.
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