From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 13:12:52 PST
Hi Stu,
If the charger isn't plugged in, I wouldn't expect sparks, but it is not
impossible, depending on how the charger is made. The charger may be
defective, or just poorly designed.
I wouldn't worry too much unless the battery doesn't charge, but Glen is
absolutely
right about gas explossions. Do this outside.
Bruce
Stu Ellis wrote:
>I take the battery out of the jeep. I hookup the pos wire from the charger
>to the battery pos terminal, then when I touch the neg terminal with the
>charger neg cable, it sparks.
>
> "Stu" Southern, NH USA
> "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils"
>MVPA #14790
>1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce C. Beattie [mailto:bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:24 PM
>To: Stu
>Cc: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
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>Hi Stu,
>If I am understanding this correctly, you have charged the battery and
>then removed the
>charger(although this is not necessary, since you will still get the
>same symptoms). Now you are trying to attach the neg cable to the
>battery and you are getting a spark.
>What this means is that there is something in your wiring that is
>completeing the circuit from your positive
>terminal to your negative terminal. This is probably what drained your
>battery.
>
>it could be a device left connected, a ground or a short someplace in
>the wiring.
>
>Bruce MVPA 23824
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>
>Stu wrote:
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>>I put 2 new dry charge military batteries in my Mutt last summer. While
>>Mutt stored for winter they went dead. I put a 12v charger on to one of
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>the
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>>batteries, and with + cable attached to battery, I am getting sparks from
>>the neg terminal when I put on the cable. Should it be doing that?
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>> "Stu" Southern, NH USA
>>"Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils"
>>MVPA #14790
>>1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>>1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
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