The switch should open away from the other teminal, naturally. Ideally the knife switch should not be long enough to reach the other terminal.
On 6/3/05, Tim Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen knife switches attached to the top of the batteries on winches > before and I too was concerned about the explosion hazzard until I observed > that the lanyard was nylon. No worries about sparks when in the event of a > short the lanyard melts! > > Tim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norman E. Timbs, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Paul Emerson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'RCSE'" <soaring@airage.com> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:42 PM > Subject: RE: [RCSE] Kill switch for winch > > > > Guys, > > Please don't put knife switches on top of your batteries. > > When you really need to use them is the wrong time to make a nice big > > spark > > near the battery. Battery explosions are awful. > > Use a sealed switch. > > Norm > > PBSS > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Emerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 11:20 AM > > To: RCSE > > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Kill switch for winch > > > > I replied to Ed, but forgot to share with the list: > > > > Our club uses a knife switch with a lanyard attached to the switch > > that sits by the retriever operator. Looks like this one, although > > ours moves sideways and not up and down: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/bffb4 > > > > Very easy to grab and yank the lanyard to power off quickly in a real > > emergency. > > > > On 6/3/05, Ed Jett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks to all that replied. I have one on order now and should be all > > fixed > >> up shortly. > >> > >> Ed Jett > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Ed Jett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "[RCSE]" <soaring@airage.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:12 PM > >> Subject: [RCSE] Kill switch for winch > >> > >> > >> > What kind of switch do you use as a manual kill switch for winches? > > Where > >> > do you get them? Be as specific as you can with your answer. > >> > > >> > Thanks in Advance, > >> > Ed Jett > >> > > >> > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > >> > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > >> > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only > >> > format > >> > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail > > and > >> > AOL are generally NOT in text format > >> > > >> > >> > >> RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > > that > > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with > > MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL > > are generally NOT in text format > >> > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and > > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that > > subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with > > MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL > > are generally NOT in text format > > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" > > and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note > > that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format > > with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > > AOL are generally NOT in text format > > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
