My son got
a little acid on his pants from installing a battery in his car while visiting
in New Mexico. He didn’t wear those pants again for a week until he went to
Carlsbad Caverns. It is quite humid in there and that activated the acid. His
pants started to dissolve while on the tour. They became quite ragged, but
luckily never left him indecent.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge
D500
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28,
2005 8:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Positive
ground -= battery charging
.............And dont forget the carrying
the batteries can be hazardous too! I used to do high end car stereos adn
electronics and routinly had to pull the batteries. I can tell you how
many pairs of jeans I wrecked by pulling out a battery and carying it with it
leaning on the front of may pants. Once The pants started disentegrating
that same day while I was wearing them. Other times the holes appear
after they come out of the wash.
Scott 1956 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer 2002 Dodge Ram Quad Cab
From: Jack Johnson <johnaire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Jack Johnson
<johnaire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Positive ground -=
battery charging
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:53:22 -0400
I have
to tell this one more story. I have others. It may be well to disconnect
the battery or cover it when working in the engine compartment so as not
to short out the battery by laying something on it or by shorting out terminals
to ground. Back in the 60's when I was probably 17, I had a 1941 Plymouth
Business Coupe. We had some work done on the engine and I was tightening
the head bolts. I was leaning over the front of the grill and the horns
are in there just above the grill in the front before the radiator. Actually
laying on the top of the horns. I felt something hot and getting hotter
so I took a look and my pants were smoldering as my pants zipper shorted out
the terminal to the horns to ground. In this, the horns were
"hot" all the time and when tooting the horns, it went to ground to
complete the circuit. Good thing the horns didn't toot when I shorted
them or I probably would have gone thru the hood. I ended up by quickly
pulling my pants apart and found it burnt a hole in my shorts
underneath. I went in the house and my Mom and Aunt were having coffee
and this gave them a good laugh. I may be best to disconnect the battery
before we do something stupid.
Jack in
Shinglehouse, Pa
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Positive ground -= battery charging
When I bought one of our 55 Chryslers at a local auction the
seller had charged the battery reinstalled it (backwards of course) and drove
it around 100 miles the auction site. The faster you ran the more
discharge the amp gauge showed.
That was a blessing to me since I believe it helped drive off
buyers and I got a very good price. took the battery out and reconnected
correctly and it has worked fine ever since
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27,
2005 8:57 PM
Subject: Re:
[FWDLK] Positive ground -= battery charging
I can
remember one time I had a Corvair engine I was trying to start. I had my
battery charger right there and when my battery didn't roll it over any more, I
put the charger on it. I done this several times and then I had to put
the charger back on the battery. I put the Pos of the charger to the Neg
of the battery and when I hooked the Neg of the charger to the Pos of the
battery, 2 of the battery caps blew off the battery and hit the
ceiling!!!! It was a good thing that I didn't have my head above the
battery. I paid more attention after that. Keep polarity correct.
Jack
in Shinglehouse, Pa
Tom Taylor wrote:
> My car's battery was showing in need of a charge to I hooked up my 3
> amp battery charger set at 6 V. It showed about a 1/2 to 3/4 amp
> charge. Left it overnight and totally dead. So, I tried a new
> Interstate that had been shelf sitting for 3 years or more and it was
> dead.
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