[AT] Batteries charged backwards.

[Stephen Offiler]

To respond to Henry, the harm would be that total battery capacity, cold
cranking amperage, and life will all be significantly compromised.

SO

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:03 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> First let me say I did not intend to start a war on the list...    I
> spent a day about 15years ago in a battery training course on remote
> sensing transmitters....   I have thought about just re-labeling the
> posts and using it.  However, as I remember the life of that battery
> would be shortened greatly.   It probably already is...   If I was not
> so frugal, I would just send it to the battery supplier for a core...
> Cecil
>
> On 2/13/2020 5:32 AM, Henry Miller wrote:
> > It just occurred to me to ask,what would be the harm if you removed the
> current marking and painted opposite ones on? Is it any worse for the
> battery? Will the terminals be in the wrong spot for the cables to reach?
> Something else I can't think of?
> >
> >
> > I'm no battery expert, but I can't think of anything else wrong with
> that plan and it avoids another deep discharge.
> >
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