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if i disconnect the battery to work on some elec stuff, does it matter which terminal i disconnect?

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Old 09-06-2001, 05:02 AM
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if i disconnect the battery to work on some elec stuff, does it matter which terminal i disconnect?
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Disconnect the ground.
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nope, but ground is easier.
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Default Always remove ground first or you may discover why ..........

...the Hindenburg was a bad idea.
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thanks. ground is negative, right?
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Yes..black=ground=negative
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Default "hmmmmmmmmm....what's this do?" ZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! ouch.

hehe - hopefully i'll get my projectors wired up properly today.
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Good luck!!
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Default Hydrogen?

No, it was aluminum and iron oxide powder in the nitrocellouse bonded paint on the outer skin.

The first two are the primary ingredients in Thermit and the third is modern gunpowder.

That the lift bags were full of hydrogen only made it worse. The thing would have burned even if helium were the lifting gas as the paint had its own oxidizers for combustion.


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