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- From: sukenick@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (SYG)
- Subject: Re: Electrical Question: Multiple Batteries?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.145331.19155@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
- Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
- References: <CMM.0.90.0.713813115.siegman@Sierra.Stanford.EDU> <eur.714038738@dutncp8> <eur.714131511@dutncp8>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:53:31 GMT
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- >>can't touch the metal of your car (sparks, roasted wire, blown out diode).
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- if that is a real possibility, the connect the diode between ground.
- Then jump it if it needs to pull big current (like starting)
- .
- Then if it shorts to ground, no fireworks.
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- >You might want to disconnect the diode while at the site, otherwise
- >your car battery can be drained as well.
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- The solution to that would be to hook a relay, with the coils connected
- to anything that is on when the car/truck is running.
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