Chris, you were directing your comment toward Cor, But I wish to reply to it, Not to be argumentative but to explain. This regulation (IMHO) is not "Onerous," but apparently it is needed and has been the law since 1991. We are a familiar with hobbyists who work with EV, many are contributors to the EVDL . But most professional mechanics (Auto Technicians) have formal vocational training. The first topic in my first class (Attended In 1967) was safety, fire extinguisher use, CPR, rescue procedures in case of fire or electrical shock, Fuel safety and cautions. How to not fall out of the aircraft and to be safe sitting in an ejection seat.(I was trained to repair B-52 Bombers by the USAF.) It was about 9 months of schooling for my specialty and everyone who touched the aircraft was taught safety! I included safety in my curriculum when I began teaching in 1981. No student was injured, in my shop or lecture hall, in my 20 years of teaching vocational education. There are lessons in auto mechanics schools about the safe ways to work near gasoline. It is a very serious subject but, there are no voltages over 60V DC present in an ICE system except the spark plug wires and there is a lesson on handling towe also. but, EV and Hybrids have voltages of up to 600 V.DC at hundreds of amps. That has the power to kill! And that is not in the training scope of ICE service training. Don't kill the messenger! I am only saying these mechanics and EV owners need some safety training so they can know how to work safely...
Dennis Lee Miles (*evprofes...@evprofessor.com <evprofes...@evprofessor.com>)* * Founder: **EV Tech. Institute Inc.* *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913 (12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern US Time)* *Educating yourself, does not mean you were **stupid; it means, you are intelligent enough, **to know, that there is plenty left to learn!* * You Tube Video link: http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss <http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss> * On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Chris Tromley via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I have no trouble believing such an onerous regulation exists. One has to > wonder however, what astoundingly difficult certification is required to > work on cars that carry enough explosive liquid fuel to destroy an entire > building and everyone in it. You must have to study and train for years to > get that. > > <snark off> > > Chris > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/4c98bef3/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140728/76499cf2/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
