42 VOLT Conversion

For those who do not know, it is NOT voltage that kills, rather it is the current. If it was voltage, leather shoes on wool carpet (or what ever the combination is) would have killed a lot of us. Remember shocking people as a kid when you found out about rubbing your shoes on certian carpet?

A current of about 10 milliamps (.01 amp) is the threshold of most people for feeling electricity. And only one amp will kill you. A 12 volt battery can kill you if you can make good enough contact - hard to do BUT doable. With a 42 volt battery it is three and a half times easier to make that "good contact".

What is the "new" standard susposed to accomplish?!? It certianly is not to increase the available power in the battery since that is dependent upon size not the number of cells, or voltage. The only reason I can think of is to allow more corrosion on the terminals before you have problems - read be slopier maintaining the electrical system.

Guess what voltage my 8N runs on. (BIG grin)

One of the reasons for the push for higher distributed voltages is the use of devices such as discharge lamps and displays, which require higher voltage but lower current. If the distributed voltage stays at 12 volts, each of these devices would require a (relatively) bulky and costly voltage converter.

llater,

llamas

All said, I'm still happy with my 6 volt system.

David

If I am saved to live that long, I expect to see discussions in the year 2037 about how the 42 volt system is a little weak and how about these new 84 volt conversion kits?

llater,

llamas