oOple.com Forums - New EFRA ruling on battery connections

oOple.com Forums (http://www.oople.com/forums/index.php)

- General Race Chat (http://www.oople.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8)

- - New EFRA ruling on battery connections (http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6208)

showtime

07-11-2007 04:18 AM

New EFRA ruling on battery connections

well after looking on the EFRA site for sometrhing else i noticed a new ruling that states all batterys must be easily disconnected in event of any problems so no more soldering on direct!

see the official item http://www.efra.se/news/agm2007/2007..._batteries.pdf

erkan

07-11-2007 04:46 AM

i can only say.. FINALLY!!

mole2k

07-11-2007 06:11 AM

I always thought it was quite strange that soldering directly was allowed due to the possible need to dissconnect them quickly.

bender

07-11-2007 09:28 AM

I don't think this ruling was passed. I believe they ran out of time before it could be submitted.

bbq	07-11-2007 11:25 AM

This is bad for me! i hate it

showtime

07-11-2007 11:59 AM

well on the bottom of that pdf it has the box crossed for "passed unanimously" :eh?:

barnyard

07-11-2007 12:29 PM

can the brca implement the same rule on the grounds of safety etc even though the agm has already gone or will they have to wait until next yr's agm and put it to the vote?

Chequered Flag Racing

07-11-2007 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barnyard (Post 69333)

can the brca implement the same rule on the grounds of safety etc even though the agm has already gone or will they have to wait until next yr's agm and put it to the vote?

Hopefully I'll know later as I've pm'd Jim Spencer asking the same about 10 mins back

Chequered Flag Racing

07-11-2007 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing (Post 69335)

Hopefully I'll know later as I've pm'd Jim Spencer asking the same about 10 mins back

Jims reply,

Quote:

Re: Safety proposal regarding batteries
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quote: Glenn Atterton
Is the following in place for BRCA events yet or is it coming?
http://www.efra.se/news/agm2007/2007..._batteries.pdf

Not yet, only brought up at the EFRA meeting on Sunday, but given that there are some major problems with cells currently, I would watch this space.
Jim
__________________
Jim Spencer

Chequered Flag Racing

07-11-2007 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by showtime (Post 69268)

a new ruling that states all batterys must be easily disconnected in event of any problems so no more soldering on direct!

quote below is from from EFRA link http://www.efra.se/news/agm2007/2007...in_meeting.pdf

Quote:

RULE 5.3.13
THIS RULE IS NEW
In the interest of safety any batterypack carried on a modelcar must be able to be disconnected quickly in an emergancy.

Note: Direct soldering of batterypacks is not acceptable.

This rule will be affective from January 1st 2008

It is strongly recommended that the federations make this rule affective a.s.a.p.

Proposed by ORION
Seconded by: BRCA
The proposal:
Passed Unanimously

MK999

07-11-2007 02:32 PM

Does this just mean you need a connector of some sort on it? I wasn't aware people were soldering directly from battery to speedo, at first i was trying to figure out how you got wires onto the ends of batteries without soldering them :eh?:

Southwell

07-11-2007 02:39 PM

Yes, thats exactly what it means.

losidan

07-11-2007 07:28 PM

i bet mr deans and corally are happy though

MattW

08-11-2007 06:34 PM

Yes this one did get through the main agm at EFRA on the grounds of safety. The BRCA haven't done anything with it yet (which is fair as it's only 4/5 days since EFRA AGM) however, i know they are defenetly giving it some serious thought.

All times are GMT. The time now is 08:36 PM.