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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tested the battery out of the car<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen@outlook.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 9:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> dave <dave@ranteer.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bad battery and some parasitic current on the car, I’d guess. The battery internal resistance (think of a resistor in series with the battery) could large relative to the parasitic current path on the car, but negligible relative to the resistance of the multimeter.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cliff<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 7:51:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>Yes. I tested the good battery and it showed 12.7 volts. positive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=xmsonormal><b>From:</b> Geo Hahn <<a 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">dave@ranteer.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] what is going on?????<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=xmsonormal>Have you confirmed that the leads are correctly connected at the multimeter?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal>On many modes they can be reversed.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=xmsonormal>Geo<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 7:57 PM dave <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>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=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Today we finally got it running and driving using a known good battery from another car.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>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=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused a spark!!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to the electrical system.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>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=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Reversed it and got 9.97.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Checked the good battery – no, the multimeter is not broken.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Checked the jeep’s old battery again, same results. Good battery – same results (about 12.97)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>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=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Can anyone explain this to me?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>And yes, we are replacing the battery<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=xmsonormal>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ahwahneetr@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>