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Old 06-16-2015, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by trader4 View Post
...You have a positive cable about the size of one of your fingers going from the alternator to the battery. That cable
is held on using a big ring terminal, with an exposed end and nut....
OK,

I am a safety-conscious person and I am not worried, why?

1. That red cable (to the alternator) is very short, it cannot move too much.
Plus the surrounding environment is all plastic (Plastic Intake Manifold etc.). Not too much metal around this cable.

2. Coming from E39 (1998 528i) where disconnecting the battery cable is a snap, the E53 battery cable d/c procedure is a PITA: removing spare tire, this and that just to get to the battery cable. I have back pain, so I skip that non-sense.

3. Worried? Then tie it with some string as mentioned, then cover the end with black electrical tape. Then tie it out of the way. Trust me, if you do it this way, you will save the time and non-sense of going to the trunk to d/c the battery cable.
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