When I hooked up my battery this weekend, I noticed how close the positive
cable is to the retaining ring around the top of the battery. Is there some
sort of spacer under the post that covers the ring? Looks like an easy way
to short out there???
Paul Strassmaier
67 2000
-----Original Message-----
From: B Strachan [mailto:bstrachan@home.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 8:34 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: moving the battery - READ!
I mentioned I moved my battery to the trunk. If you're thinking about
doing this, BEWARE!
1. There is a lot of energy stored in that battery. It is just like a
little bomb. If you short it out with a low resistance, it will do
unbelievable damage. Batteries have been known to explode if shorted
and throw sulfuric acid everywhere.
2. There is NO WAY to fuse the primary battery circuit, that is, the
cable that goes from the battery + terminal to the big terminal on the
starter. This means that the only way to protect this circuit is to
make ABSOLUTELY SURE there is NO POSSIBILITY of shorting it to ground.
If you run a cable from the battery to the starter along the frame, and
if somehow the insulation on the cable gets chafed and the cable shorts
to the frame, YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR CAR.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND DO IT RIGHT, THIS IS AN OK
MODIFICATION. IF YOU ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE, DON'T DO IT. I'M NOT
EXAGGERATING THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE YOU CAN DO WITH AN IMPROPERLY
CONNECTED CAR BATTERY.
Barrie
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