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Ev Archive for January 2002
1762 messages, last added Wed Jan 30 10:47:22 2002

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Re: Electric tractors, fuses, and the concept of AIR



Christopher wrote:
>Our circuits are designed with things like #2, 0, 00, 0000 wire which has a
>resistance of like zero ohms. Thus the max current that can be pulled is
>something like
>
>24/.001= 24,000 amps. Whoops.

But flooded lead acid batteries cannot dish out that current. Even John's
Zombie only needs fuses rated to interupt 1600amps DC, as that is the short
circut rating of Hawker Genesis 16ah batteries. Flooded lead batteries tend
to do worse than that.

Neon