Tony (et al).
> If you're touching the car body while attaching the positive lead, you've
> got such a high resistance that you're not shorting anything. Put your hands
> across a car battery's terminals and you'll see for yourself.
This is not entirly true and I can testify to this as of yesterday.
While replacing the snapped clutch fork on my Toyota Camry yesterday
(why did they design a car so that you need to remove 3 engine mounts
and 2 cross members to get a gear box out ... argh), I accidently
touched the positive terminal with the palm of my hand and had my
naked arm resting on part of the battery clamp (was disconnecting the gear
select levers at the time) I'm not sure how long I was in this position
but suddenly I started to feel a lot of pain in my arm ... a stinging, biting
sensation. And yes I actually burnt part of my arm (the place where I was
resting my arm) ... I have a small burn mark, a large lump under the skin, and
had problems with that muscle cramping later in the day. So over short
distances there is enough current (amps) in a car battery to cause damage, but
touching both terminals at the same time with separate hands is unliky to
cause any damage.
Just a friendly warning. (Sorry about tthe lack of MD content).
Cheers GC (who is no longer "flat shifting" now the clutch fork is replaced :).
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