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Old 04-10-2009, 09:38 PM   #858 (permalink)
bennelson
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By the way, I hope that everyone realizes that I have always been JOKING about safety.

My car is wired up to just flip the key to kill the controller, and then the contactor.

There is also a main fuse and a manual disconnect.

The car was not in even in gear when the controller went. I was getting ready to leave a parking lot. When I turned on the controller, it just went full blast. I flipped the key off. That's it.

I looked under the hood and saw the plexiglass box was full of smoke.

Paul, what did you put in the heat sink screws with? An impact hammer?
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