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Re: Very strange "repair" (long)
Written by unlikelyloginname on 9/24/2012 at 12:00 am

Leland,

Since you know better than to have loose or corroded connections at the battery, we can rule that out. Shorting the battery with the engine not running shouldn't affect anything other than the battery. I suppose it's possible that one of the inter-cell connectors was getting flaky and the current surge did a little rearranging. Nothing else leaps to mind.

As for jumpers, it continues to amaze me that people find them so traumatic. I have a set of jumper cables that someone was peddling at a motorcycle show long ago. They are made with Mueller Electric 46A clips on about 7 feet of 10 AWG copper speaker "zip" cable. Access to the positive battery terminal is reasonably easy going straight in from the side to the tab provided for the purpose. (It would be easier without all of the shrubbery I've added to the electrical system.)

http://www.muellerelectric.com/plyer_type.html

If I were to make a set for myself, I'd be inclined to upgrade to the 46C solid copper clips (About US$2 a piece, 4 needed.) and look for some silicone jacketed 10 AWG cable that wouldn't object to being draped over a hot exhaust. A length of 6 to 8 feet is convenient. The price would be prohibitive for sale as a product (unless offered as a loss leader by Douglas-Tech PC Systems LLC in Greater Metro Corvallis).

Seth

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