Matthew:
The inner tube idea is a good one. Someone also mentioned the the fingers cut off of old gloves could also be used on the end of the wire lugs to insulate them. Though I would add rubber bands to hold them on securely. I've got some worn leather gloves I use when working with the anchor chain which might be good for this purpose. But, I was thinking some heat shrink tubing with one end shrunk down slightly would also work very nicely too. Put the unshrunk end over the lug and push it down until the shrunk end fits snugly over the lug.
Capt. Mike
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From: Matthew Geier <matthew@acfr.usyd.edu.au>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Watch those amps!
To 'Isolate' my small 36 volt system I disconnect the wire from the
battery mounted fuse. To ensure it says disconnected I put a bit of
bicycle inner tube over the lug when it's free.
In my case the tubes from my 17" wheel hybrid bicycle make ideal 'safety
sleeves' for my wires, they slide nicely over the lugs and fit snug
enough that they don't fall off by them selves.
You will often see 'sparkies' wrap electrical tape around the bare
ends of wires they are working on so that no 'accidents' can occur, even
if 10-15 minutes later they will need to pull that tape off again when
it comes that wire's turn to get worked on.
battery mounted fuse. To ensure it says disconnected I put a bit of
bicycle inner tube over the lug when it's free.
In my case the tubes from my 17" wheel hybrid bicycle make ideal 'safety
sleeves' for my wires, they slide nicely over the lugs and fit snug
enough that they don't fall off by them selves.
You will often see 'sparkies' wrap electrical tape around the bare
ends of wires they are working on so that no 'accidents' can occur, even
if 10-15 minutes later they will need to pull that tape off again when
it comes that wire's turn to get worked on.
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