Disconnecting Battery - wow! big spark
Hi all, dh put our fiver in storage for a little while and disconnect the battery. There was big spark signifying quite some power still running in the rig even tho everything was turned off! His...
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4x4FF wrote:wgriswold wrote:
How would removing the ground cable first negate any sparks?
It has to do with current flow. You will almost never get arcing when disconnecting the ground first even if there is a dead short.
Steve
Why do people quote info when they haven't the slightest idea of what they're talking about, just heard it from the uncles, girlfriends, cousin's grandma, so it must be true. If you don't know don't give an opinion, it just confuses the whole thread. A spark will come from either terminal if there is draw, a dead short will pop a fuse, or melt the wiring if not fused.
