At 05:02 PM 8/4/2008 -0700, Jere Hawn wrote: >The manuals (all the auto manual that I have seen in my life) say to >disconnect the negative terminal from the batter before performing.. X, Y, >Z,. etc. Why the negative and not the positive one? Does it matter, is >negative more dangerous that the +? The terminal that's earthed to the chassis is the one to disconnect first. That way when your wrench slips and touches the body you don't have Fourth of July in your face. These days that's usually the negative terminal.
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