Re: switching battery terminals (was Bolt loosening (was

["Rex Burkheimer" <rex@txol.net>]

j/k = joking


>
> On Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:10 AM, Rex Burkheimer [SMTP:rex@txol.net]
> wrote:
> >
> > Reverse the battery terminals?     j/k   <----------------------!
>
> Most starters turn the same way, regardless of polarity.  This is because
they
> use wound fields, instead of permanent magnets.  Most also have
overrunning
> (one-way) clutches that will let them transmit force only one way (to keep
the
> engine from spinning the starter when it fires off).
>
> Randall