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Any cautions before disconnecting battery? 200 1984

posted by  Volvodad on  Fri Jan 7 05:16 CST 2005
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To the good advice below I would only add that you can expect a small spark and "zzzap" noise when you reconnect the battery's neg. terminal as your last step in finishing the work. This is because there are some electrical loads that may be still connected (clock, interior and/or trunk light, etc) and there seem to be capacitors that get recharged..or whatever.

I'm always a little surprised at the strength of that spark, but I've disconnected the batteries many times in many Volvos, and everything still works after, so it's normal.
--
Bob (son's 81-244GL B21F, dtr's 83-244DL B23F, 'my' 94-944 B230FD; plus grocery-getter Dodge minivan, hobbycar 77 MGB, and numerous old motorcycles)






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