Message text written by "Graham Stretch"
>I don't know how accurate this is but I seem to recall someone telling me
they kept loosing charge unless the battery was removed from the car, they
said it was down to the fact that the top of the battery was dirty and the
terminals were in close proximity to the strap, with the verdigris on that
they reckoned it was discharging. Sounds like bull to me but I thought it
might help you if true. Wouldn't the strap warm up if it drew that much
current! Any one know if this is correct?
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Graham,
Ionized water (water with the right kind of impurities) does conduct
electricity. However, the current levels would not be high enough to
discharge a battery in a couple of hours. If the current was that high the
heat generated would drive off the water and the process would stop. The
strap barely gets warm with starter current, it ceertainly won't get warm
with this level of leakage current.
Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO USA
57 TR3
71 TR6
80 TR8
http://www.sltoa.com
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