Well lets say you are a hot shot mechanic and disconnect the hot side
of the battery first with your handy dandy metallic wrench. Some
sweet young thing walks by and distracts you for an instant and the
wrench handle contacts the battery box or some other part of the
airframe. There will be a big flash as a couple of thousand amps
flows in the wrench handle. A hole will appear in the aluminum
airframe or battery box where the wrench contacted it . This is bad
but what happens next is worse. The flash is next to a battery vent
cap and the O2 and H2 gas inside the battery ignite and blow the top
off of the battery spraying battery acid in your eyes and all over
the airplane.
Need I say more?
John

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:48:03 GMT, zatatime wrote:

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 06:15:07 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote:

Or pull the alternator [disconnect the battery ground FIRST, please..]


Why is this important? What will happen if you don't disconnect the
ground first?

Also thanks for the link on understanding the alternator!

z