Date:         Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:14:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Shane <shane_steve@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Both Batteries Failed
Comments: To: hfinn@INGRATES.NET
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Interesting, I followed the GoWesty directions. Is there a way to tell if
the battery (polarity) was reversed? For example what would I see if I
attached a charger to it?
- Thanks
Shane


>From: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>Reply-To: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Both Batteries Failed
>Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:56:31 -0700
>
>>Greetings gang, after installing the dual battery kit from Go Westy, I had
>>both my batteries fail, and one began leaking quite badly. Any one else
>>ever
>>experience a double failure like this?
>
>Did you get the polarity matched correctly? I once blew the top off a
>secondary battery by wiring it backwards with the main. When you do that,
>instead of being in parallel with each other, they discharge through each
>other. In my case, the secondary was smaller and started making hydrogen
>faster than it could vent and popped the plastic casing off the top.The
>primary was OK after a recharge, at least.
>
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"

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