Re: Smoking dashes...

[JustaxPHX@aol.com]

> More than lilkely, you will fry your alternator if you pull the battery
>  terminal while the engine is running.  There is a little attachment (<$30)
>  you can put on your alternator to prevent it from being fried if no battery
>  is connected to the system -- available in marine stores, as boats, with
>  battery switches,  tend to have this problem more often than cars.

The kill switches used in racecars are available in versions that will short 
the alternator output as well as disconnect the battery.  Of course, 
installing one requires that you cut the OEM wiring harness and find some 
place to mount it but my approach requires only a 10mm wrench and is easily 
reversed...

As for frying the alternator, well, that's fine by me.  The only time I'd 
ever pull the terminal off is in an emergency and if I have to replace the 
alternator instead of the car, it will still cost me less than my insurance 
deductible.

JG