Re: Speaking of car batteries

"Scotty" <scoter1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Lu R" <whome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "the_dawggie" <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Mar 6, 10:19 pm, "Lu R" <wh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> I once had to recharge a flat  beaurepaire battery and it went
reverse
>>>> charge on me! Put it back in the car and it blew my fuses. Took it
back 
>>>> and
>>>> they seemed to not believe me til they checked the charge and then 
>>>> tried to
>>>> blame me for reverse charging it but no freakin way did I swap poles
on 
>>>> that
>>>> charger. Has anyone ever had this experience?
>>>
>>> In an emergency I have hooked up a charger to a dodgy battery reverse
>>> polarity that won't charge until it reaches the normal charging
>>> current
>>> then put it back the right polarity. Can work for lead acid or
>>> especially
>>> gell cells.
>>>
>>> It's not going to reverse it's original polarity  - that I find
>>> surprising.
>>>
>>> Battery *** change ain't gunna happen, you would boil it to bits
first.
>> Well then explain why they tested the battery at the shop and then
tried 
>> to tell me I reverse charged it?
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>>
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> Because you did!?!?
dawgiee said..."It's not going to reverse it's original polarity  - that I

find
surprising.

Battery *** change ain't gunna happen, you would boil it to bits first."
>
so I did huh? lol