Replacing magnetek 6300 with inverter/charger
Hello all, I have a 1994 coachmen class B RV which I'm in the process of re-modelling. It has a stock magnetek 6300 converter. It has been upgraded with solar and a battery isolator for charging th...
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2oldman wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:Good for you.
Is far more appropriate for today's modern safety standards..
Fortunately some of us live in the 2000's and not the 1800's.
Open knife switches while they may give the cool "mad scientist" look and vibe from the late 1800s do not have much of a place in the safety realm of life.. Even with all of the covers, you have a pretty fair chance of making contact with hot connections by accident and you also have a real danger posed by flash over when making or breaking the contacts..
Leave those devices for those high school science experiments with a couple of dry cells..
As having worked in industrial environments with commercial multiple phase high voltage equipment and having to endure many training sessions on electrical safety over the yrs those knife switches belong in protective enclosures, they are not "toys" when dealing with high voltage and or high amperage..
Even something as common as your modern 120V/240V circuit breaker panel, you should never stand DIRECTLY in front of the panel when switching breakers.. Always taught that one should stand off to the side so if one does arc over or explode your entire body is not exposed..
