BMW F1 mechanic gets a big shock from KERS

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07-26-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by formuleuno' post='632865' date='Jul 26 2008, 03:59 AM

LOL at Mosley, the idiot won a suit against the tabloid that broke the story..but I digress.

Having worked on Hybrid Vehicles before, this shouldn't come as a big surprise. Generally you do have to wear rubber gloves when working on one of these (there's also a disconnect switch that you dont get 300V going through you), but before a dealer/technician returns the vehicle to the customer, they need to do an isolation test on the vehicle (this ensures that high voltage battery is totally isolated from the vehicle chassis once the disconnect is reconnected). This ensures that what happened to the mechanic doesn't happen to you when you go to open your car door to get in! I think wearing rubber gloves is a good idea, but imagine if any fuel leaked at the same time??

Yeah good point ! Especially that in F1 the fuel hose is pumping so much fuel per second, there are still a few drops coming out after the hose is taken out.