Re: (ET) hot seat

["Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>]

EVparts.com sells battery terminal covers ...  I picked up a set last
summer.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim (fiskfarm)" <fiskfarm attbi com>
To: "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>
Cc: "Neil Dennis" <wombat RealNS com>; "Elec-trak"
<elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) hot seat


> Larry,
>
> To set the record straight, I am only talking about fusing the WIRES 
> (LIFT
&
> ACCESSORIES) not the batteries! That was someone elses sug.. The plastic
covers
> that were original equipment and common sense should protect the
terminals.
>
> Jim
>
> "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" wrote:
>
> > 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
>