[tcb] Re: Question About Battery Charging

  • From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:25:06 -0500

Jump starting means a different ground reference between two vehicles.  But
your EFI Control unit doesn't have voltage going through it since it's
protected by a relay and is isolated when the key is off.  When your key is
on, your EFI unit is subject to voltage spikes and current interruptions so
it could be damaged if voltage is not within tolerance.  *could* mind you.
The old "disconnect your battery" was a GM wive's tale.

Just charge it and go.



On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   But John Muir and my original manual expressly advise, in bold print, to
> never accept a jump and to always disconnect the battery for both fast and
> trickle charging.
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/2/11, w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Question About Battery Charging
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 4:07 PM
>
>
> No, don't disconnect the EFI or the battery unless you want to.  You can
> charge it with everything hooked up and the key off.
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:57 PM, kelly dosch 
> <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx<http://mc/compose?to=kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
>   My bus is fuel injected, so I have to disconnect the battery before
> hooking it up to a charger or I will give the F.I. a lobotomy.
>   Do I have to disconnect the negative terminal as well?
>
>   A) It's hard to reach
>   B) It's too cold to be unscrewing awkward crap if I don't have to.
>   C) Yes. I am that lazy.
>
>   Thanks for your time.
>
>
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