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Old 21st January 2021, 12:59
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Whilst I like the idea of electric cars from a performance point of view, the complexity of putting a safe and reliable system together is beyond me ! The chances of shorting something out and having a fire you can't put out would give me sleepless nights as well as the cost of building it !
I'm in the process of replacing a battery-to-fusebox lead on a Z3. It's a 40mm2 cable rated at 300A that goes to a busbar behind the glove box. There is a good number of 200A, 100A and 80A fuses before you get to the "small" fuses under the bonnet.

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