Leader

Collapse

Announcement

Collapse

Firehouse.com Forum Rules & Guidelines

Forum Rules & Guidelines

Not Permitted or Tolerated:
• Advertising and/or links of commercial, for-profit websites, products, and/or services is not permitted. If you have a need to advertise on Firehouse.com please contact [email protected]ehouse.com
• Fighting/arguing
• Cyber-bullying
• Swearing
• Name-calling and/or personal attacks
• Spamming
• Typing in all CAPS
• “l33t speak” - Substituting characters for letters in an effort to represent a word or phrase. (example: M*****ive)
• Distribution of another person’s personal information, regardless of whether or not said information is public knowledge and whether or not an individual has permission to post said personal information
• Piracy advocation of any kind
• Racist, sexual, hate type defamatory, religious, political, or sexual commentary.
• Multiple forum accounts

Forum Posting Guidelines:

Posts must be on-topic, non-disruptive and relevant to the firefighting community. Post only in a mature and responsible way that contributes to the discussion at hand. Posting relevant information, helpful suggestions and/or constructive criticism is a great way to contribute to the community.

Post in the correct forum and have clear titles for your threads.

Please post in English or provide a translation.

There are moderators and admins who handle these forums with care, do not resort to self-help, instead please utilize the reporting option. Be mature and responsible for yourself and your posts. If you are offended by another member utilize the reporting option. All reported posts will be addressed and dealt with as deemed appropriate by Firehouse.com staff.

Firehouse.com Moderation Process:
Effective immediately, the following moderation process will take effect. User(s) whose posts are determined by Firehouse.com staff to be in violation of any of the rules above will EARN the following reprimand(s) in the moderation process:
1. An initial warning will be issued.
2. A Final Warning will be issued if a user is found to be in violation a second time.
3. A 3-day suspension will be issued if the user continues to break the forum rules.
4. A 45-day suspension will be issued if the user is found to be a habitual rule breaker.
5. Habitual rule breakers that have exhausted all of the above will receive a permanent life-time ban that will be strictly enforced. Reinstatement will not be allowed – there is no appeal process.

Subsequent accounts created in an effort to side-step the rules and moderation process are subject to automatic removal without notice. Firehouse.com reserves the right to expedite the reprimand process for any users as it is deemed necessary. Any user in the moderation process may be required to review and agree to by email the terms and conditions listed above before their account is re-instated (except for those that are banned).

Firehouse.com reserves the right to edit and/or remove any post or member, at any time, for any reason without notice. Firehouse.com also reserves the right to warn, suspend, and/or ban, any member, at any time, for any reason.

Firehouse.com values the active participation we have in our forums. Please ensure your posts are tasteful and tactful. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
See more
See less

Prefererence for disabling disable Hybrid vehicle

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • #1

    Prefererence for disabling disable Hybrid vehicle

    I am taking an informal poll on your preference for method to disable high voltage on hybrid vehicles after a crash.

    Before attempting to rescue occupants of a crashed hybrid vehicle, it is important to make sure that the high voltage has been isolated to the battery pack. This prevents the possibility of high voltage electrical shock.

    If you check the first responder guides provided by various automotive manufacturers, you see different methods for disabling high voltage.

    The following 3 examples are excerpts from first responder guides found on http://www.extrication.com/ERG.htm, in the sections which assume that the ignition key is not accessible...

    Toyota 2004 Prius' method is to remove the HEV fuse in the engine compartment junction block.

    Ford 2010 Escape's method is to disconnect the negative cable from the 12V battery and remove the service disconnect if possible.

    Cadillac Escalade's method is to cut all three exposed 12v positive cables identified
    by labels that indicate where to cut.

    Of these three methods, which is your preference and why?
    Last edited by flyingtiger40; 02-22-2010, 12:10 PM. Reason: delete double word in title
    Tags: cut cable, high voltage, hybrid
  • #2
    I follow whatever method the manufacturer says to use. The reason being that one method does not fit all. Some do not have an easily accessable fuse, some have the cables under shielding to prevent damage some do nat have an easy access disconnect.
    Basically the best solution is to go with what the makers tell you. They know the systems best.

    Comment

    Previous template Next

    300x600 Ad Unit (In-View)

    Collapse

    Upper 300x250

    Collapse

    Taboola

    Collapse

    Leader

    Collapse
    Working...
    X