RE: Old car question, no LBC

[Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>]

Message text written by INTERNET:genehart@att.net
>But reversing the battery cables will cause a fire! I know I was in a car 
that the owner did this to on the side of the road after he removed them
and 
did not remember wich way they went.
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If the car is equipped with an alternator (which uses semiconductor
rectifiers), polarity is extremely important.  But a 51 Dodge will have a
generator and the biggest hazard is repolarizing the field.

Dave