I'm willing to learn -- how can a battery clamp cause a battery to
discharge because the bolt has squozed the two halves together?
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
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On 8/8/2008 9:02 PM Kim Springer wrote:

> Don't be too quick to judge.
>
> The guy is right and you all are wrong.
>
> Kim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
>
>
>> That certainly wouldn't cause a "Short".
>>
>> I once had a battery clamp that was still a tad loose after tightening
>> it to the point where the tabs were touching.  On that one, I simply
>> split a short piece of thin walled copper pipe, which I slipped over the
>> battery terminal before putting the clamp on, and I used it that way for
>> over four years without any problems.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>