On Tue, 13 Dec 1994, Rick Colombo wrote:
> Ray
>
> That's twice now that you've replied to something I have posted that
> essentially agrees with what I wrote but you just seem to have to say it
> your way. For safety reasons, you want to disconnect the ground first.
I am sorry if you think I am disputing you because I just want to say it
my way. I cannot remember the other instance you refer to, so cannot
comment on it. In this case, if you meant the same thing I said, then I
misread your original post. You said:
> Electrically speaking, to disable an electrical circuit, you want to remove
> the ground cable first. So, on a positive ground circuit, you want to
> remove the positive cable. Since battery posts are different sizes and this
> item only fits the (smaller) negative post, its use would not be effect on a
> positive ground circuit.
I took this to be a statement that "to disable an electrical circuit"
it was *necessary* to remove the ground cable first, and that a cutoff
would not be effective if installed in the connection to the negative or
hot side of a positive ground battery. This seemed to me incorrect,
because a properly designed cutoff would be effective and safe on either
terminal of a battery.
I am sorry if you feel offended. I never meant to offend.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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