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Pascal · 08-28-2008, 12:14 PM

yeah, i'm on pier 7.

i didn't know about that ABYC requirement... i wonder what the lesser of the two evils is... longer cables or batt switches outside the ER.

but picture this likely scenario... you get an electrical fire in the engine room and your Halon or CO triggers. If you do not shut off the batt switches, it seems to me that the fire will flare up unless you go in there (opening the door, letting oxygen in, and dealing with the smoke) and kill the batt.

This could be solved by fitting cables on the battery switches, or adding a blade style cut off which could be connected to a pull cable leading outside the ER.

08-28-2008, 12:14 PM	#3
Pascal Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 208	yeah, i'm on pier 7. i didn't know about that ABYC requirement... i wonder what the lesser of the two evils is... longer cables or batt switches outside the ER. but picture this likely scenario... you get an electrical fire in the engine room and your Halon or CO triggers. If you do not shut off the batt switches, it seems to me that the fire will flare up unless you go in there (opening the door, letting oxygen in, and dealing with the smoke) and kill the batt. This could be solved by fitting cables on the battery switches, or adding a blade style cut off which could be connected to a pull cable leading outside the ER.