In a message dated 8/20/02 10:44:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ryoung@navcomtech.com writes:
>
> That's a "drop dead" clue ... you have a bad connection at the positive
> battery terminal. Take the clamp off, clean both surfaces until they are
> bright, spread the clamp until it will go fully over the post. (Never beat
> on the clamp, it's far too easy to break the conductor inside the battery,
> which can also cause similar symptoms and problems.) Now tighten the clamp
> until it's nice and snug. If the terminal still gets hot, the bad
> connection is either inside the battery, or between the clamp and cable.
>
> Randall
>
>
Randall,
Thank you very much. I just put an old Spitfire cable on and the 250 came to
life. It's weird because it appears to be the cable that was bad and not the
connections that I have been shinning up for 3 days. I can see a bunch of
green stuff under the rubber when I peeled it back. Now the 250 can have
this Spitfire cable on for a few days but it will need to be replaced with a
proper one. Anyone have a NOS TR250 positive cable lying around?
Thanks again,
Darrell
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