Battery wrench- save your face
Arcing at the battery can cause a battery explosion in your face or damage something so be careful. Cut the box end off and cover with heat shrink.
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"Hee hee, except on those OLD Fords with Positive Ground.
I think that went away around 1950 or so."
The wonderful new 1956 Ford switched from positive to negative ground and added three cells to the battery. Ford bragged "We have seven more cubic inches in our engine than Chevrolet!"
We had an iron-clad rule
Safety Goggles not safety glasses. Goggles. The ones with side protection and an elastic strap. A popping battery can blow regular glasses off your ears and nose so fast it'd make you dizzy. Anyone caught in the battery area without goggles on was fined ten dollars which went into the coffee and danish fund. Back then this was enough money to matter. We had half a dozen or so caught (including me - my pleas that I only ran out there to tell someone they had a phone call fell on deaf ears)
I think that went away around 1950 or so."
The wonderful new 1956 Ford switched from positive to negative ground and added three cells to the battery. Ford bragged "We have seven more cubic inches in our engine than Chevrolet!"
We had an iron-clad rule
Safety Goggles not safety glasses. Goggles. The ones with side protection and an elastic strap. A popping battery can blow regular glasses off your ears and nose so fast it'd make you dizzy. Anyone caught in the battery area without goggles on was fined ten dollars which went into the coffee and danish fund. Back then this was enough money to matter. We had half a dozen or so caught (including me - my pleas that I only ran out there to tell someone they had a phone call fell on deaf ears)
