Re: Welding on computer equipped vehicles?

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 19:23:40 EST


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On 3/25/2004 5:36 PM, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:

| "Jay & Dana" <jay&dana@telus.net> wrote:
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| : Is there any truth to the rumor that when welding on a computer
controlled
| : vehicle such as my 97 Dak that the battery should be disconnected ? I'm
| : getting a new muffler welded in tomorrow and was wondering if I should
| : disconnect the battery.
|
|
| An ounce of prevention... :-) I always disconnect the battery
| before welding on a vehicle. Sure, chances are you will be fine
| if you don't, but disconnecting the battery is such an easy step
| that I feel its just not worth the risk to do otherwise.

But you ask this guy to use a plasma cutter 6" from a half-full gas tank
and all he uses to "protect" the tank is a piece of
slightly-less-flammable cardboard. :P

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