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Unread 15-11-2004, 13:33
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Re: Spikes

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Originally Posted by Denman
sorry, i said i would be back in half an hour... then someone managed to make the battery catch fire.... (the wire we are using for our forklift is metallic, and it fell off onto the battery terminals...........) luckily it didn't damage anything.


Al, i had a look, and yes, the speed controllers are wired up into the motors So i suppose i just remove them and wire the speed controllers directly to the motors.
And thus it is nothing to do with "putting a back current on the speed controlllers (ref our mentor ))
Stephan,
Sounds pretty bad. Did the battery catch fire or just the wire? Possibility for really bad fumes if the battery. Was anyone hurt?
Are you saying yes to controllers wired to spikes and motors?
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