Over the years since I started work on the ElectroJeep, EV standards have evolved which help provide safety for first responders. The most prominent standard is "Orange is High Voltage" - this tells first responders to avoid those areas, and not to cut any orange cables. This standard is why I have gone to orange 2/0 welding cable for most HV wiring. It is also why I tried this:
I actually do not recommend this. This is the conduit for routing HV cable under the Jeep. I used Krylon "plastic paint" to spray it orange. Sadly, the paint does not interact well with the conduit - it remained tacky for weeks, probably due to an interaction with the plasticizer which makes the conduit flexible in the first place. This is why the conduit looks so mucked-up in this next picture - it picked up dust, dog hair, grease, and whatever else it touched. But I put it in place nonetheless - dirty orange is better than no orange at all:
I also painted as many of the battery racks and covers orange as possible. Here is the upper rear rack:
And here are the box covers. I neglected to photograph the assembly of the upper rear cover (second from bottom in this photo) and under-seat covers (two small rectangles, second from top):
Here are the rear covers in place. I'm very happy with how they fit - tight, but not too tight, which means the cells will be very snug and secure (you can also see the new 1/4" polyethylene sides I riveted into the upper rear rack):
Here is the front cover in place. You may recall that this originally was going to be the bottom of a new rack - but I decided to use the original rack, and flip the box I made, so that the "bottom" became the "top". I added some tabs so mesh with the original threaded rod mounting points in the rack. The cover also bolts to the sides for added security:
Finally, here are the covers for the under-seat boxes. The left and right covers are slightly different, since the boxes are slightly different, which is why they are prominently labelled:
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