Subject	I agree, however
Posted by	ZLover4Life on September 14, 2005 at 12:54 PM
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In Reply To	seems like hooking up a battery backwards is a common posted by E=mz² on September 14, 2005 at 09:18 AM
Message	I once met a girl who was stranded in a mall parking lot. Her car wasn't starting, so I take a look and determine it's just the battery. So I go to jump her car, but the battery is worn down or just flat out covered in crap (couldn't see the + or -), so I base the polarity off the colors of the wires going to them (logically, red wire is +, black is -). I hook it up and her battery starts smoking... so I yank them off real quick. Turns out, some dumbass had put the red wire as the ground and the black wire as the positive. Did I mention it was a Geo? Anyway, no damage was caused, I put my red jumper wire to her black wired terminal and my black wire to her red wired terminal and it started just fine. Moral of the story: just because logically red = + and black = - doesn't mean there won't be exceptions to the "logic." =P
Follow Ups	seems like hooking up a battery backwards is a common - E=mz² 09:18:57 09/14/05 I wold think you'd get better surface contact on a round - Guapo 09:24:30 09/14/05 round will have a better clamping force and all around - CAP927 (Boston) 09:30:31 09/14/05 Red wire is positive, black is negative, class over..... (n/m) - WildBillZx 12:24:10 09/14/05 CAP927 isn't the one who is having issues. (n/m) - Guapo 14:01:04 09/14/05 that's OK Guapo, let him have his moment of glory - CAP927 (Boston) 06:55:53 09/15/05 agreed.. with that many amps, you want a lot of contact area (n/m) - CarlCuro 09:31:02 09/14/05 i used square as a for instance. but it could be two - E=mz² 09:35:23 09/14/05 Believe it or not, but older batteries from the 70's & 80's - Dave N 10:05:23 09/14/05 You're in OKC? - aggiez32 09:32:45 09/14/05 what are you talking about????????????/ (n/m) - E=mz² 09:35:52 09/14/05 You live in Oklahoma City? - aggiez32 09:37:04 09/14/05 have him drop me an email. (n/m) - E=mz² 09:47:52 09/14/05 they did idiot proof the battery...they put a "+" and "-" - genic 09:40:29 09/14/05 i know, but Murphy's law is always in effect. (n/m) - E=mz² 09:42:33 09/14/05 that law is there to weed out the idiots (n/m) - genic 09:44:55 09/14/05 No, I think Murphy's law is there to show us the idiots - boileralum 09:48:16 09/14/05 point proven (n/m) - genic 09:49:34 09/14/05 Darwin was a crazy freak! (n/m) - E=mz² 09:53:12 09/14/05 Murphy's law could be wrong too. At least according to - DVDBURN (MD) 10:16:55 09/14/05 Re: Murphy's law could be wrong too. At least according to - genic 10:32:19 09/14/05 they created "spell check" and idiots can't figure that out. (n/m) - SactoTodd 09:50:43 09/14/05 Re: they created "spell check" and idiots can't figure that out. - aggiez32 09:55:36 09/14/05 like I said. :) (n/m) - SactoTodd 10:32:52 09/14/05 The posts are different sizes if you look closely. - Matt93SE 10:06:11 09/14/05 never really noticed that! interesting. (n/m) - E=mz² 10:11:42 09/14/05 that's OK we'll all put in to get you a free pass on the - CAP927 (Boston) 10:14:15 09/14/05 I heart this post!!! weee (n/m) - Drk93TT 10:17:29 09/14/05 I've never hooked my battery up backwards. I look at the - Jimina 11:26:08 09/14/05 This coming from the guy who asked if there was a write-up - aggiez32 11:37:50 09/14/05 thanks (n/m) - Jimina 14:03:54 09/14/05 If you hook your battery up backwards, you deserve - BigTDogg (MA) 11:40:42 09/14/05 I agree, however - ZLover4Life 12:54:26 09/14/05 Was she cute? (n/m) - Dustin 13:14:56 09/14/05 kinda, but I had a g/f at the time, so I made no moves - ZLover4Life 13:37:31 09/14/05 The current design, no doubt, could be made more - Zirvana 17:07:07 09/14/05 The fusible link will take care of it...fry it, and replace (n/m) - shirow 22:25:02 09/14/05
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