Re: Robotics

[gmfm1@xxxx]

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx> wrote:
> Most every procedure I read about on the list, that includes 
anything
> electrical, starts with removal of the negative cable. In 
conventional
> cars that's fine, the idea is not to ground the positive terminal 
to the
> surrounding metal...however, we're talking the DMC here, you'd be 
hard
> pressed to find any metal around the battery compartment that you 
could
> reach with a wrench. Remove the the positive cable, it's closer and
> it's much easier to deal with.
Dear Les,
You are right, the positive cable is the closest and easiest to 
reach and disconnect. That is also the cable that one would hook up 
the battery disconnect switch to. This is the cable that I switch off 
when I need to work on the car and the electrical is a concern.
Gary Masie