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MEXICOWANDERER
Apr 06, 2015Explorer
Keep the top of the battery clean and dry. Cell to cell leakage through acid and dirt can cause unequal cell electrolyte and kill a battery. A really dirty and wet lid can impose a 1/10th-amp leak even though both cables are disconnected.
Electricity can not leak from any battery polarity to earth ground except maybe if it is resting on the bottom of a swimming pool.
Reminds me of the fanatical hippie in the sixties who insisted his MGB would not start unless he connected a chain from his chassis and let it dangle to the earth. Sausalito, CA. I almost choked. He reached under the car grabbed the chain and laid the end on the seat. He jumped in and cranked the engine and shor huff the engine would not fire off.
He exited gave me a smug look, got back in and........
I was laughing so hard I couldn't speak. His last words were "Hey so far-out man. Do you believe in Karma?"
Electricity can not leak from any battery polarity to earth ground except maybe if it is resting on the bottom of a swimming pool.
Reminds me of the fanatical hippie in the sixties who insisted his MGB would not start unless he connected a chain from his chassis and let it dangle to the earth. Sausalito, CA. I almost choked. He reached under the car grabbed the chain and laid the end on the seat. He jumped in and cranked the engine and shor huff the engine would not fire off.
He exited gave me a smug look, got back in and........
I was laughing so hard I couldn't speak. His last words were "Hey so far-out man. Do you believe in Karma?"
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