Air Bag removal
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Air Bag removal
I need to remove my passenger airbag on my 09 super duty, does disconnecting the battery disable the airbag to the point it's safe to remove? I'm repairing my AC and need to access the RH valve control.
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5th Wheeling
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From: Didsbury
easy does it
Not sure if this is helpful or not. But in Fire/Rescue Auto Ex courses they teach us to consider it armed for at least 30 minutes after battery disconnect.
Problem is these systems use Capacitors to store energy, not batteries. These capacitors have a bleed down resister and different manufacturers have different sizes of resisters, it isn't like electrical code where C size 1 = resistor size A.
Another "rule" we follow is the 20,10,5 rule. We limit our exposure, I.E. "being in the deploy path" to 20" on the passenger side, 10 on the driver and 5 on the curtains.
Realizing you've alread done the job, just thought I would post the saftey side of this from a different perspective for the guys searching this forum.
Problem is these systems use Capacitors to store energy, not batteries. These capacitors have a bleed down resister and different manufacturers have different sizes of resisters, it isn't like electrical code where C size 1 = resistor size A.
Another "rule" we follow is the 20,10,5 rule. We limit our exposure, I.E. "being in the deploy path" to 20" on the passenger side, 10 on the driver and 5 on the curtains.
Realizing you've alread done the job, just thought I would post the saftey side of this from a different perspective for the guys searching this forum.
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