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View Full Version : Why disconnect the battery? MeatyCrab 04-03-2003, 07:49 AM Can someone explain to me why it is necessary to disconnect the battery when working on the car? Not in terms of clearing the memory, but like when you do a body lift or something...or some other non-electrical related mod... ?? BK JamminG4Jim 04-03-2003, 08:01 AM Meaty The main reason to pull the battery leads is for safety. When lifting the body to install the body lift you may stretch a wiring harness you might not have found/loosened. Always better to be safe than sorry! Jim JDraper 04-03-2003, 08:02 AM It's done as a precaution in case you accidentally cut/unplug a wire and it shorts to something and fries the computer. Old adage of better safe than sorry. MeatyCrab 04-04-2003, 04:15 AM Safety...yes, yes... Here's my quandarry though... I've got a negative terminal quick disconnect (a twist type) and I saw in the Jegs catalogue, the same thing, only with a fused lead on the connected side that you can earth, so you're settings on your radio aren't lost... I'm just wondering how this would affect everything (it's a 30 amp fuse...) Any input? Thanks for the replies though... BK Majisto 04-04-2003, 02:59 PM Also if you are working near the steering columno, and accidentally hit an airbag sensor...:eek: Let's just say, you WANT the battery to be disconnected so this doesn't happen. |