Date:         Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:35:28 +0500
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From:         mantis@vt.edu (Psychic Trucker)
Subject:      Re: Interstate Batteries Researched & Purchased

>Finally, if I just put the batter
>in and the terminals touch the metal top of the compartment will I have a
>problem?
>
>Thanks for the advice
>ajax 87 westy gl
>(rust just removed.)

you are going to have a big problem.  look at the battery you have in there
now, under the passengers seat, it (hopefully) has a cover over the positive
terminal, if that was not there then soon after you closed the metal cover,
you would have lots of smoke and probably a carpet fire, mabye an explosion?
Woah, the current passing through that metal cover would be immense.

brad
'85 GL

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