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Re: Battery Disconnect (for a Dork)

To: WFO Herb <froggi@cdsnet.net>, "Vrba, Dave" <Dave.Vrba@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: Battery Disconnect (for a Dork)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:27:25 -0700
Cc: "'spridgets@autox.team.net'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <0DE752C748D0D211A6BE0090272B960B048BABC7@us-sj-xmsg-2.am.so ny.com>
Herb,

Don't know if they know each other, but I have met them both... on
different occasions.  Only "1 degree of separation". Both great guys.

Gerard

At 5:04 PM -0700 8/23/01, WFO Herb wrote:
>Dave,
>Since you both live in Dublin, CA., do you and Greg Gowins know each other?
>WFO Herb
>
>
>"Vrba, Dave" wrote:
>
>> On a negative ground auto, why should the battery disconnect be installed on
>> the NEGATIVE or GROUND side?
>>
>> I've got mine (the one with the green knob) on the HOT or POSITIVE side and
>> a neighbor saw it the other day and said I was a dork, switch it around.  I
>> got the disconnect without any instructions and used my diminishing brain
>> (over 50) capacity to deduct that disconnecting the HOT made more sense.
>> (Now I understand why the battery connection lug had to be split open wider
>> to fit the POS + post.)
>> Anyway, what's the reason / philosophy to disconnect on the ground side?
>> Thanks,
>> David L. Vrba
>> '62 Sprite MKII (Still needing a clutch)
>> Dublin, CA
>

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