-=> Quoting Roy Witt to Gene Cook <=-
 RW> @MSGID: 1:202/909.13 340a76bf
 RW> 31 Aug 97 15:39, Puleeeeze Brer Gene Cook, Dooooon't trow Wiring
 RW> Problem in dat der Briar Patch!
 GC> I am really stumped by this and I was wondering if anyone might have
 GC> an idea what is going on.  I have an old E-type that was flooded
 GC> several years ago and I am slowly restoring it. I am at the point
 GC> where I wanted to connect a new battery and obviously one needs to be
 GC> cautious when this is done.  I tried to connect the ground terminal
 GC> first (it is negative ground) before I connected the + terminal. To
 GC> my surprise, there were sparks when I connected the negative terminal
 GC> to the ground.  I checked and there is nothing connecting the
 GC> positive terminal so I do not have any idea what could be causing the
 GC> completed circuit.  Any ideas?
 RW> Aren't those old Jags Positive ground?
This one isn't 69 EXEs had negative ground but even if it didn't it would
not explain why one terminal can make it arc.
 RW> ... "I can levitate LIKE a bird but nobody cares." -- Wright
 RW> -!-
 RW>  ! Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) 
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