Oops; Was that the question?

Then the guy is nuts and I take it back. Sorry to raise hairs.

Kim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
To: "Kim Springer" <kimspringer@RCN.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?

> 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
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> 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
> >>
> >
>