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Re: [Spridgets] Backwards Battery

To: Michael Rowe <mdrowe@optonline.net>, Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Backwards Battery
From: CosmicMag1380 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:59:47 -0400
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Did you leave some potatos in the car where they could turn into a battery?
I never did that one when I was a kid but heard about it...

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <
spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:

> Not full disclosure, but I will say that I got +0.5V out of the cigarette
> lighter when it was disconnected from all but the dash hole.  But there was
> no voltage from the dash, itself.  the most obvious explanation was that
> its internal components made a battery.  Not a lie, but even I am not nutty
> enough to swallow that one.
>
> After solving the problem, I decided to take a celebratory drive in
> my running Spridget.  It has been running fine.  In fact, I was pleased
> that it started right up after sitting three months.  Of course, on that
> day, it would not start - a weak connection at the solenoid, which
> sounded like a weak battery.
>
> Michael Rowe
>
> Loose nut on the steering wheel?    :-)
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
> On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <
> spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Do I have to admit what I found wrong?
>
> Michael Rowe
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Did you leave some potatos in the car where they could tur=
n into a battery? I never did that one when I was a kid but heard about it.=
..<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fr=
i, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">spridgets@a=
utox.team.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></=
u>



<div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff">
<div><font face=3D"Arial">Not full disclosure, but I will say that I got +0=
.5V out=20
of the cigarette lighter when it was disconnected from all but the dash=20
hole.=C2=A0 But there was no voltage from the dash, itself.=C2=A0 the most=
=20
obvious explanation was that its internal components made a battery.=C2=A0 =
Not=20
a=C2=A0lie, but even I=C2=A0am=C2=A0not nutty enough to swallow that=20
one.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial">After solving the problem, I decided to take a ce=
lebratory=20
drive in my=C2=A0running Spridget.=C2=A0 It has been running fine.=C2=A0 In=
=20
fact, I was pleased that it started right up after sitting three months.=C2=
=A0=20
Of course, on that day, i</font><font face=3D"Arial">t would not start -=C2=
=A0a weak=20
connection at the solenoid, which sounded like a weak battery.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial">Michael Rowe</font></div>
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-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px" dir=3D"ltr">
  <div>Loose nut on the steering wheel? =C2=A0 =C2=A0:-)<br><br>Sent from m=
y=20
  keyboard</div>
  <div><br>On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:05 PM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">spridgets@autox.t=
eam.net</a>&gt;=20
  wrote:<br><br></div>
  <blockquote type=3D"cite">
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    <div><font face=3D"Arial">Do I have to admit what I found wrong?=C2=A0=
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    <div><font face=3D"Arial">Michael Rowe</font></div></div></blockquote>
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