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Originally Posted by Strife
I think I've read that one of the reasons that this system was not used for long was the tendency of the cars to catch on fire. And that's when they were new!
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I had never heard of that. Or maybe I had just forgotten!
I once noticed that the hose that crosses over in front of the engine appeared to be charred. What I found, was that one of the HT leads ran very nearto the hose and perhaps was touching it. Apparently arcing had been taking place and a hole had almost burned all the way through that hose.
Now you mention fires. When I had the above problem, I mentioned it to an old MB mechanic - he said yes - they had seen that and there had been fires.
I just checked that hose yesterday - The HT wires are nearby, but there was no sign of arcing. I must remember to tie-wrap them out of the way. The problem occurred before I replaced the wires.
I posted about this before, at least on Benzworld
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1352733-fire-hazard.html#post2664376
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