<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes, it is possible to charge a battery backwards. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Serenity Now......</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 13, 2020, at 9:55 PM, dave <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">We bought a car a few months ago (an 88 jeep actually). Wasn’t running or driving, needed some work, battery was dead.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Today we finally got it running and driving using a known good battery from another car.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Set the jeep’s battery up on a charger a day or two ago and decided to try it in the jeep after all we succeeded in getting it running and driving.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused a spark!!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to the electrical system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The multimeter, with the red on the positive terminal and the black on the negative, read -9.97<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Reversed it and got 9.97.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Checked the good battery – no, the multimeter is not broken.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Checked the jeep’s old battery again, same results. Good battery – same results (about 12.97)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">What is going on???? how is this possible? Yes, we are replacing the battery but if someone had told me this story I would have told him he must have mixed up the terminals, that its not possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Can anyone explain this to me?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And yes, we are replacing the battery<o:p></o:p></p></div><span>** triumphs@autox.team.net **</span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs http://www.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/notakitcar@yahoo.com</span><br></div></body></html>