> I would say that most bad things happen to cars when they are in motion...
In simple terms, I'd say the opposite. Most bad things happen (fires and bringing dow the house) occur when the cars are parked and plugged-in. And that is the #1 advantage of an EV, which is available for charigng 95% of the time bob On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 4:46 PM Ken Olum via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jay Summet <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:05:14 -0500 > > The reason the DC2DC converter does NOT run all the time is that (for > safety) Nissan has chosen to disconnect the HV battery from the rest of > the car (with contactors inside the main battery) whenever the car is > turned off. > > What danger are they concerned with? I would say that most bad things > happen to cars when they are in motion, when you have to have the HV > system on. I suppose if they're concerned with some hobbyist getting > electrocuted while working on the car then their strategy makes sense. > Also perhaps for the maintenance you'd like to shut off the HV system > without shutting off the 12V. > > Peri's idea of putting the DC/DC in the HV box seems like an > interesting solution to these problems. > > Ken > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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/20201218/2a155dad/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
