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On 12 Jun 2004 at 15:08, Mark Healey wrote: > Something else occurred to me. When I was replacing the voltage > regulator with the brand new one I dutifully disconnected the battery. > Unfortunately I just set the cable aside and while I was connecting > the connectors from the battery to the regulator I dropped one and the > cable to the battery had slipped and was making contact with the post. > There was quite a bit of arcing. I'm amazed those connectors aren't > shielded. Any time you're working on something like this you should remove the battery GROUND cable and then carefully stuff it down out of the way, so it can't get back in contact with the battery terminal. > Anyway, Could I have damaged the battery? The most likely thing to be damaged is the connector that sparked. The battery is the LEAST likely part to have suffered. Without knowing exactly what sparked, and what it sparked to, I can't tell you if you damaged anything, but if the connectors are okay, then you are PROBABLY okay. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org