RE: (ET) hot seat

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

That won't help on a single battery, unless you cut off the post and put 
the
fuse in series with the new post.  Literally, you can short out ONE battery
EVEN IF IT ISN'T CONNECTED if the cover comes down on it.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim (fiskfarm) [mailto:fiskfarm attbi com]
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 2:57 PM
To: Neil Dennis
Cc: Elec-trak
Subject: Re: (ET) hot seat


Use encapsulated fuses!

I still plan on replacing the rear bat box with a taller one. What a
difference 1 inch would make! Some of you may recall my story of having two
12v bats explode on the E-141. One on each side of me. Mushroom cloud of
acid. H bomb. I was finding pieces of battery for months. 6v seem far
tougher. That is one reason I am converting the 141 over to 6v batteries.
Never liked 12v deep cycle. I always use two 6v even in campers.

Jim

Neil Dennis wrote:

> Why do you think I saw off the studs that stick up from battery posts  ?
>   Didn't on my John Deere 90 when I put in new batts, wife started to
> mow and complained that the seat got hot {:-{
>
> wombat