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Batteries 101 |
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by Steve VandenBerg |
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A short tip on battery installs and removals
Battery acid is very corrosive. A battery can explode if a spark is created near it.
When removing and installing the battery, follow these instructions.
(Note: I use the term “ground” instead of “negative” because some vehicles use a “positive ground.”)
To eliminate possibilities of spark when removing the battery from your truck
- Disconnect the ground cable first. If you do this and then touch your wrench to the body or frame of your truck, you won’t create a spark.
- After you remove the ground cable, you can’t generate a spark when removing the opposite cable (unless you touch it to the other terminal).
For the same reasons above, when putting a battery in your truck
- Connect the ground cable last.
Steve VandenBerg
"Builder"
Bolter #6449
Sioux Falls, SD
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v. April 2006
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