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Old 12-10-2018, 08:36 PM   #15
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The polarity comes molded on the battery nowadays. The tech has advanced considerably over the eons since your military service.

Well, I'll be darned, you mean that you don't have to take a piece of baling wire and press it against the frame, then scrape the other end across the battery terminals till you get a spark, to figure out which side is the hot side ?? -


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Well, I'll be darned, you mean that you don't have to take a piece of baling wire and press it against the frame, then scrape the other end across the battery terminals till you get a spark, to figure out which side is the hot side ?? -


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Nope And that is another thing I have done more than once.
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It will dive into left turns but I have heard good things on the unicorn fart tech.


I believe the term is 'sink like a rock' as I recall.
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That device on the negative post is the battery current sensor.


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