Why didn't you just turn the battery around, or reverse the cables?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ode Coyote" <coyote...@earthlink.net>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Answer to Catherine, warning to Mike Monett...


>
>    Weirdest thing happened once.
>   I had a car battery suddenly reverse polarity right out of the blue.   I
> was driving, stopped and tried starting again..but to no avail.  Lights
and
> everything were bright but the car wanted to start backwards. The radio
> wouldn't play and the fan sucked air rather than blowing it.
>   I had to completely discharge the battery and charge it back up in the
> proper direction.  After that, all was normal again. Charging system of
the
> car was OK too.
> [60s Olds Delta 88...didn't notice any lights in the sky or anything]
>   Ode
>
>
> At 09:11 PM 6/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 01:03 PM 6/23/03, you wrote:
> >
> >>How could the current flow backwards when you have cells in series and
> >>none are backwards. If it
> >>reveresed in one of the cells it would have to reverse in all the cells,
> >>and energy would be
> >>going into all the cells, which would require an external power source.
> >>It is physically
> >>impossible.  If you find a way, let me know, I could use a free energy
> >>machine.
> >
> >I'm a power engineer for AT&T. Cells DO reverse. Usually its caused by
> >deep discharge of a cell. When one cell in a string drops in voltage
below
> >the voltage of the cell before it and behind it in the string then the
> >other cells try to bring its voltage up. This causes current to flow the
> >other direction from the cell in front and the cell behind the cell
> >experiencing cell reversal in an attempt to equalize the voltage. When
> >this occurs usually the cell is so damaged it is unable to be charge up
> >and instead it heats up trying and may blow up if the gasses it produces
> >are unable to vent quickly enough.
> >
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