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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/3/12 11:33 PM, Peter Vogel wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">That's the switch I use too, it's fail ON but my view is that for there to be a problem you need a cascade failure of multiple components (ESC, switch, radio) and that's so highly unlikely as to be safe for the amount of time we have our batteries plugged in but disarmed during use.
Peter+
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FWIW Peter, this is the response I got from Emcotec to my questions.<br>
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On 7/25/12 10:10 AM, Andreas Peukert wrote:<br>
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style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New
Roman""> </span></font></span></span></font><span
lang="EN-GB">If plane is flying what happens if the SPS unit
stops working correctly? Will power still be connected to the
motor from the battery??<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><font
size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><b>A: If the MosFet gets
open then it will turn off.</b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span
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2) Is there any way that once the battery is connected to the
SPS and prior to removing the magnetic plug that something can
happen to the SPS unit that will result in power be passed to
the ESC/motor?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b>A: If you not swich on it will stay off. If is failed it
cannot turn on. </b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ich
hoffe, ich konnte Ihnen behilflich sein und verbleibe mit
freundlichen Grüßen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Dipl. Ing. (FH) Andreas Peukert</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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