[ausev] Help out the EMTs

Christopher Robison chris at ohmbre.org
Mon Oct 1 18:39:52 GMT 2007


On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 11:37 -0500, Aaron Choate wrote:
> We don't have the volume that Toyota has and we can't provide training
> to the EMTs to warn them away from any specific area of all of our
> cars.  So, one easy thing is to go ahead and make sure you order the
> bright orange cable to use as your high voltage cabling.  Try not to
> run the cable in places that are likely to be cut when they are trying
> to save you.  And try to make it OBVIOUS that a conduit holds high
> voltage wire if it itself is not bright orange.  Any other ideas?

The inverse of this advice also applies. Avoid using an orange color for
any low-voltage wires, conduit or tubing; this color should be for
high-voltage wiring only. I won't name any names, but ...  :-)


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