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Old 10-31-2005, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by gresch
All High Voltage lines in Hybrids are colored organge so that rescue personnel can see them easier. Also, those lines aren't run in areas where rescue people would normally "cut" into cars.

Fireman have a bigger problem with non-steering wheel mounted airbags deploying on them than they do with getting juiced from a hybrid.
That and the voltage in a hybrid is not going to hurt you anyway. It takes 80 volts before you can feel it, I don't know the exact voltage of the electrical system but would venutre to guess it's 48 volts or less.
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