From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Michael Trew   wrote:   
   >   
   >The only thing that I cannot figure out; what is the "polarity protector   
   >safety light"?  It was lit the whole time that I charged the battery.  I   
   >had the "red" clamp on the positive, and the "green" clamp on the   
   >negative.  The battery charged fine, so I don't know what was up with   
   >that.  The body was not otherwise marked which terminal was which.   
      
   It's a lamp in series with the battery to limit current in the event you   
   connect it backwards.  Had you connected it backwards it would have been   
   lit much more brightly.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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