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Re: pic: Battery connector.....

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
The same amount of current leaves (red) the battery as enters (black). Either could have melted, the red just gave first
What I mean is, if your frame is 'grounded', it has the same potential of the negative terminal on the battery. No current should flow across it unless something with a positive potential is also shorted to the frame.
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