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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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question about sparking from battery...

everytime i disconnect the neg. battery cable to do something it always sparks when i go to re-attach it. why would it do this?
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 04:57 PM
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something is pulling power. Usually if you have the door open, the dash light will pull power, and cause the sparking.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Hood is open, the light under the hood draws current the second the terminal is connected. It's perfectly normal.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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yep! Perfectly normal!!
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