Parking Brake Line Damage, 24720 views
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Parking Brake Line Damage3568 viewsThis shows what happens when the nylon tie holding the parking brake line in place gets broken.
The cable rubbed against the tire, which ground off all the cable coating allowing water into the cable.
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Parking Brake Line Damage, 33704 views
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Melted brake line7029 viewsThis shows the damage under the hood, after removing the charger and upper battery.
At the back of the 2 lower rear batteries, you can see 2 brake lines. One black, one white.
Guess which one melted...
At the back right, is where the melted line melted other tubes and wires.
Note that the brake line did NOT touch either of the rear battery posts!
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Melted corner3659 viewsThis is a better view of the melted mess in the corner.
I've moved the tilt switch and relay out of the way.
The burning brake line melted both water drain tubes, and damaged the battery cable.
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Actual cause of the fire4119 viewsHere is where I found the cause of the fire.
This battery cable was rubbing against the hold down bar, wore through it's insulation and shorted to the bar.
This is a problem because this Sparrow had the Pack Negative tied to the frame/12v ground.
The power flowed through the front famework (which appears to be isolated from the rear), then through the brake line to the back framework, which is tied to pack negative through the controller.
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More melted mess2516 viewsAnother shot of the melted mess in the corner.
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