On 28 Jun 2013 at 18:08, David "Battery Boy" Hawkins wrote: > Since you never, ever, never, want the traction wiring in the cabin with > you, the breaker is located under the hood, and for the "Oh SH$@" > emergency cable, I use a heavy duty PTO cable (power take off).
That's probably pretty reliable, so maybe I'm overly cautious, but I prefer not relying on a mechanical linkage. I like having a breaker under the driver's seat, reachable from the front. I think some other folks have mounted them on the center tunnel behind the parking brake lever; that's even better, as long as you can protect it from the grunge that inevitably ends up there in a daily driver. If you do this right, only about 8-10" of high voltage wiring has to be in the passenger compartment, and most or all of that can (read : should) be enclosed in a steel box. Remember that in an emergency your inerta reel seat belt is likely to lock up. No matter where you put your Yikes Switch, you want to be sure you can reach and operate the trigger with your seat belt cinched tight. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
