<VV> 1965 Monza Battery Lead Install?

[Hugo Miller]

I thought he just connected both terminals to ground?


On 2018-12-10 15:04, Jim via VirtualVairs wrote:
> On the late models, there is a light gauge wire to the body frame 
> rail to
> provide a ground for the accessories.  This is combined with the 
> battery
> ground cable.
>
> For the positive side, the heavy wire goes directly to the starter, 
> but
> there is a smaller wire coming off of the positive terminal of the 
> battery
> cable that goes down to a red plastic electrical connector pushed 
> into the
> frame rail.  This is a junction to provide power to the rest of the 
> car. See
> the attached photo.  Is this what melted?  If so, the plastic 
> connector
> probably broke which allowed the battery to short there.  See Clark's
> catalog page 99 for C6802 for the connector and C6827 for the screw.
>
> Jim Bartasevich
>
> We think too much and feel too little. - Charles Chaplin
>
>
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> Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
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>
> I don't know what book you are looking at! Ultimately, the positive 
> will go
> to ground, but it has to go through something else first (ignition 
> coil,
> headlights, whatever) to provide some resistance and only allow a 
> small
> current through. What you are doing is creating a dead short with
> practically no resistance. That will warm things up dramatically! I 
> have
> even seen batteries explode under such conditions!
>
>
> On 2018-12-10 05:24, Arlette Pat & Carl Kelsen via VirtualVairs 
> wrote:
>> G'day everyone,
>> Today I connected a battery to our '65 Monza to start checking all 
>> the
>> various electrical systems. As soon I connect the positive lead, 
>> which
>> has a light gauge lead to ground / earth this lead over heated 
>> stated
>> smoking and melting. Of I immediately disconnected it. No apparent
>> damage apart from the ground wire itself.
>>
>> Every book I have shows a ground / earth wire connected to the
>> positive lead and the Negative has one also, but my Motor 
>> Electrician
>> tells me this can not be right.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>> Regards from Australia
>> Carl Kelsen
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