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Old 11-26-2007, 02:08 PM   #232 (permalink)
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professor SW continues...

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that's what you call electrically isolated, right?
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But for that scenario to happen, someone would have to be pressing the go pedal (to close the pack +ve contactor) while I was dropping the wrench. Not too likely to be wrenching around under those circumstances.
Well, yes isolating the ground should greatly reduce such a risk. BTW contactors sometimes do stick.

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4. Does the pot box micro switch have a normally-closed (NC) position?
If so, you may be able to further mitigate accidental lurches the way Jerry does with that latching relay, though in your case, you'd may need to use a DPDT relay. Let me think about that.
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