[Spridgets] Battery disconnect

[brian]

If the negative is not hooked up, there is no "ground". Disconnecting
either side of the battery will eliminate the possibility of completing the
circuit (DC).  You are far more likely to contact an active ground while
unhooking the positive.  The manual is correct.
Brian

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 9:44 AM, MICHAEL ROWE via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Instructions for working on the gauges of my Toyota say remove the
> negative battery terminal.  This makes no sense to me.  It leaves all the
> hot wires live, so if your tool grounds one of them, it will spark.
> Removing the positive terminal eliminates this possibility.
>
> Some years ago, I put in a kill switch on the ground terminal, and the car
> would continue to run when the ground was open.  It only prevented
> starting.  In fact, this is one of the electrical tests mentioned by John
> Twist.
>
> All of my cars have a disconnect knob on the positive terminal.  Do I have
> this backward?
> Michael Rowe
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