chess-equality
Solar Enthusiast
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- May 21, 2022
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(Not promoting any game here, just thought of it as an apt title)
Quite embarrassed to admit, but so far I have had:
Quite embarrassed to admit, but so far I have had:
- Accidentally shorted the positive and negative of one of my 12v batteries. Got sparks that jolted me back to my senses (pun intended). Luckily the battery seems to be fine; needed to wake up the BMS though.
- Again another short, this time around when adding an extra 12v battery to my portable. I turned off the breaker but I didn't know that that part was live. YOU WERE TURNED OFF ALREADY!!! AND HOW WILL I KNOW THAT YOU WILL SHORT ALL BY YOURSELF!?!? Another round of sparks! And a small mark on my wire to remind me (cruel!). Luckily the old chap seems to be fine. Given up adding the extra battery as the leads were two crammed to each other.
- So I promised myself, no more shorts! Work with only one lead, then protect / tape the other! But then guess what! Today another short, another round of sparks! Strike 3! This time I shorted the leads of my inverter. YOU WERE TURNED OFF ALREADY!!! AND HOW WILL I KNOW THAT YOU WILL SHORT ALL BY YOURSELF!?!? But I violated my own rule. So I added Rule #2: If you are getting excited, see Rule #1! And I remember what happened in my portable. And I also remember the manual saying something about this. Luckily the inverter seems to be fine. Third time lucky!