On 26/11/2016 01:03, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Ian Jackson wrote:
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Low performance vehicles don't need battery clamps to be functional.
I've driven more than one vehicle that had no provision for any sort of
battery clamping. Of course they're a hazard in a crash, that's
primarily why cars now have the clamps.

"Now"? My first car (1964) was a 1953 Ford Prefect. I'm pretty sure that
its battery was secured (was it in a box compartment?) - and I'm
definitely sure that all my subsequent cars had clamps or similar ways
of securing the battery. It's unthinkable that they wouldn't.

Of course. Having the battery rattling around is so silly I'm surprised
that even Mr Purr thinks it OK.


and does represent a very real and likely danger of unfused battery
leads causing a dead short across the battery, I thought that must be
legislated against?