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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Reverse polarity battery? 08/31/15 at 17:53:25 I had to replace 2 "D" batteries this afternoon. One was fine at 1.3V. The other showed -1.05V. I had the terminals on the multimeter set correctly. The battery somehow reversed it's polarity. Any idea how or why? Ever seen this happen before?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #1 - 08/31/15 at 18:00:06 Noop,... new to me... ...
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digitaltrucker YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 28	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #2 - 08/31/15 at 18:06:07 I've seen it happen with NiCad rechargeables if they're drained too far before recharging.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #3 - 08/31/15 at 18:25:39 These were just plain 'ol alkaline D cell batteries.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28760 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #4 - 08/31/15 at 18:50:56 never heard an alky doin' it. rechargables do it even m/c batteries.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #5 - 08/31/15 at 18:55:07 Leave it to me to have a "one in a billion" problem!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #6 - 08/31/15 at 20:16:03 That dang polarity changing seems to be something that is starting to invade all parts of life. Hang onto that thing.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #7 - 08/31/15 at 20:20:07 Kris01 wrote on 08/31/15 at 18:55:07: There's no problem that a full tank of gas and a sunny day can't fix! Sunny day is optional.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #8 - 08/31/15 at 20:47:53 Yep, I've been known to gear up, put on the rain gear, and ride off,, grinning.
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Re: Reverse polarity battery?
Reply #9 - 09/01/15 at 04:51:54

Kris01 wrote on 08/31/15 at 17:53:25:

I had to replace 2 "D" batteries this afternoon. One was fine at 1.3V. The other showed -1.05V. I had the terminals on the multimeter set correctly. The battery somehow reversed it's polarity. Any idea how or why? Ever seen this happen before?

Battery got mixed up with another shipment destined for the alternate anti-matter universe. Discard with care.. Shocked

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Re: Reverse polarity battery?
Reply #10 - 09/01/15 at 05:02:30

I poked around for a few minutes.....and this explanation sounds plausible.

One battery discharged and ran out of power - while the other battery still had power and proceeded to use the available power to charge the dead battery in the wrong direction. For this to occur however.....the equipment needs to be left in the "ON" position while the process occurs - and in a flashlight it would be from leaving the switch "ON" long after the bulb stopped making any light.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #11 - 09/01/15 at 08:00:20 Sell it on Ebay... it's better than Jesus on a potato chip... ...
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #12 - 09/01/15 at 18:06:51 Somebody, somewhere is dumb enough to buy this thing thinking it's a rarity or something special. Ebay here I come! That dang polarity changing seems to be something that is starting to invade all parts of life. Don't get me started on that!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #13 - 09/01/15 at 22:01:49 Maybe Juce Brenner will want it.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Reverse polarity battery? Reply #14 - 09/02/15 at 19:06:18 To reverse his/her polarity back?
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