I'm willing to learn -- how can a battery clamp cause a battery to discharge because the bolt has squozed the two halves together? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
On 8/8/2008 9:02 PM Kim Springer wrote: > Don't be too quick to judge. > > The guy is right and you all are wrong. > > Kim > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge? > > >> That certainly wouldn't cause a "Short". >> >> I once had a battery clamp that was still a tad loose after tightening >> it to the point where the tabs were touching. On that one, I simply >> split a short piece of thin walled copper pipe, which I slipped over the >> battery terminal before putting the clamp on, and I used it that way for >> over four years without any problems. >> >> Mike >> > |
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