In Reply to: I went in the German subs at Chicago's Science & industry museum. posted by GTF on February 28, 2006 at 15:13:42:
I worked on our RAN Oberon Class diesel/electric subs (1960's vintage). I did several stints under the floor in the battery compartment and I can tell you that it was scary even when tied up at the wharf. No metal was allowed - no belt buckles, pens, rings, watches, coins. You would be fried to a pretzel if you shorted out those cells. I think they ran about 400vdc with peak current of hundreds of amps.Cheers,
John K
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