<VV> Electrical Question

[Bob Gilbert]

It's hard to believe I could make that dumb a mistake but that must be what
happened, I guess. And the only reason I didn't see sparks when I connected
the charger was because the battery had become discharged.

I did some research and batteries can indeed reverse but this time it looks
like plain old "Battery Dyslexia". Still, having placed batteries on charge
probably hundreds(thousands?) of times without having this problem it's hard
to understand how I could do it now.

Maybe I can blame it on the swine flu?  :-)

Regards,
Bob
  

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: May-01-09 7:47 PM
To: Bob Gilbert; 'FrankCB'; 'Michael Kovacs'
Cc: 'VV'
Subject: Re: <VV> Electrical Question

The charger was connected to the wrong posts?
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Gilbert" <bgilbert at redshift.bc.ca>
To: "'FrankCB'" <frankcb at aol.com>; "'Michael Kovacs'" 
<kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: "'VV'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Electrical Question


> Darryl from here in BC mentioned that he had a similar situation with a 
> golf
> cart and in his situation the battery had reversed polarity and that the
> golf cart people said it happens from time to time. It was so odd that I 
> had
> to go out and check and sure enough it has reversed!
>
>
>
> I wouldn't have thought it possible. I even checked the meter against a D
> cell to make that it was reading correctly
>
>
>
> Can somebody explain this?
>
>
>
> Just when you think you've seen it all.............
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> From: FrankCB [mailto:frankcb at aol.com]
> Sent: May-01-09 12:29 PM
> To: Michael Kovacs; Bob Gilbert
> Cc: VV
> Subject: Re: <VV> Electrical Question
>
>
>
> Bob,
>
>     I'd instead suggest putting an ammeter (or DMM) in series with the
> cable and reconnect to the battery.  Now you have a way of measuring how
> much current flow you're getting.  Start disconnecting ONE fuse at a time
> and see which one causes the current flow to stop.  That's the circuit 
> that
> has the drain.  If that doesn't work then start looking at UNfused 
> circuits,
> as Mike suggests.  Pull out bulbs or otherwise disconnect individual
> circuits until you find that one that stops the drain on the battery.
>
>     Reminds me that I drove our 1989 Beretta for many months with some
> electrical problem inside the driver's door (maybe retractable seat belt
> lock mechanism?).  The battery drain was only a few tenths of an ampere, 
> so
> I'd leave the fuse in on a short trip to the stores, but pull that fuse if

> I
> was leaving the car for many hours or overnight.
>
>     Good luck and let us know what you find.
>
>     Frank "measure before disconnecting" Burkhard
>
>
>
> In a message dated 05/01/09 13:20:13 Eastern Daylight Time,
> kovacsmj at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Quick check is to pull all the fuses and see if you still get a current
> draw. If it stops....start to replace fuses. If it does not stop, ya gotta
> start looking at the un fused circuits. Check dome lights, glove box 
> lights,
> hood or trunk lights.
> MIKE KOVACS
>
>
>
>
>
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