[RE-wrenches] Battery polarity check

Jason Szumlanski Jason at fafcosolar.com
Tue Oct 19 15:26:23 PDT 2010


Wow. I always check my batteries for voltage when they arrive before installation. I never thought to check the polarity. I'll look for that negative symbol on my meter from now on! 

Jason Szumlanski
Fafco Solar

On Oct 19, 2010, at 6:22 PM, "Kirpal Khalsa" <solarworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All......just wanted to send out a reminder to not take the markings on the terminals of batteries for granted.....we were installing a brand new bank of 2V 2400Ah batteries today and had one battery mis labeled direct from the manufacturer......had the potential to be catastrophic, just so happened that luck was on our side.......I will not be relying on the manufacturer's polarity markings any more.......
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