<html><body><div>For those of you who like tools, this is a great one for testing a battery.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/BA7-100-1200-Electronic-Battery-System/dp/B0015PI7A4/ref=asc_df_B0015PI7A4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312280085431&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14838984143453092033&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013964&hvtargid=pla-499796143917&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/BA7-100-1200-Electronic-Battery-System/dp/B0015PI7A4/ref=asc_df_B0015PI7A4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312280085431&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14838984143453092033&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013964&hvtargid=pla-499796143917&psc=1</a></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I don't know why it's brand is SOLAR, there is nothing solar about it. The battery doesn't need to be fully charged either, or disconnected from the car. You enter the type of battery and the CCA it's rated for, it runs a test and along with OK, Charge and Fail, it will show you how many CCAs are left. I recently checked a 5 year old Optima Red Top battery I run in my TR3 rated at 800 CCA. It tested good, and still has 720 CCAs.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div class="x-apple-signature">Rye<br>PH: 530-FIND-RYE</div><div><br>On June 14, 2020 at 8:56 AM, dave <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">No, we attempted to put the battery in the car after it had been connected to a charger for some period. The negative terminal sparked so we did not. We put it back on the floor where we checked it with the multi meter. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We also double checked that we had the ground <b>cable</b> to the engine and the positive <b>cable</b> to the electrical system. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 10:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; border-left: solid blue 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 2.0pt; margin-top: 5.0pt; margin-bottom: 5.0pt;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-left: solid blue 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 2.0pt; margin-top: 5.0pt; margin-bottom: 5.0pt;"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to the electrical system.</span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The multimeter, with the red on the positive terminal and the black on the negative, read -9.97</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">This battery was apparently in the car. Did you check this battery right at the terminals?</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Dave </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br>From: dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br>Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 10:18 am<br>Subject: Re: [TR] what is going on?????</span></p><div id="yiv0701720275"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Tested the battery out of the car</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div id="yiv0701720275yqt44086"><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 9:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>; <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????</span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Did you test directly at the battery terminals?</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">It is possible to charge a dead battery in the wrong polarity. If the battery was complete dead and someone hooked up the charger with the polarity reversed (ie: positive charger lead to the NEG battery terminal and vice-versa) it will charge up in the wrong polarity. I've seen it done.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Many of the smart chargers will not do this. Many will not charge a dead battery, but some will and the old style chargers don't care.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Connecting a battery to a car in the reverse polarity will cause all manner of problems. It is not recommended.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Dave </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;" data-mce-style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br>From: dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br>Sent: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 8:51 am<br>Subject: Re: [TR] what is going on?????</span></p></div><div id="yiv0701720275"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Yes. I tested the good battery and it showed 12.7 volts. positive</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div id="yiv0701720275yqt86616"><div style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-top: solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt; padding: 3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com" data-mce-href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 7:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Have you confirmed that the leads are correctly connected at the multimeter?</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">On many modes they can be reversed.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Geo</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 7:57 PM dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" data-mce-href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; border-left: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6.0pt; margin: 5.0pt 0in 5.0pt 4.8pt;" data-mce-style="border: none; border-left: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 6.0pt; margin: 5.0pt 0in 5.0pt 4.8pt;"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">We bought a car a few months ago (an 88 jeep actually). Wasn’t running or driving, needed some work, battery was dead.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Today we finally got it running and driving using a known good battery from another car.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">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.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused a spark!!!!</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to the electrical system.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The multimeter, with the red on the positive terminal and the black on the negative, read -9.97</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Reversed it and got 9.97.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Checked the good battery – no, the multimeter is not broken.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Checked the jeep’s old battery again, same results. Good battery – same results (about 12.97)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">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.</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Can anyone explain this to me?</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; 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