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Is your battery clamped down and secure?

Published April 11, 2014 By Mick Farmer

An unsecured battery is a major cause of why vehicles burn to the ground.

1. Is it clamped down?

Not Good

Battery without a clamp.
Battery without a clamp.

Good

Battery Secured
Battery clamped down.

2. Is it securely clamped down?

Check its secure
Check it’s secure.

And, by the way, this is not considered a secure battery clamp:

Poorly designed battery clamp.
Poorly designed battery clamp.

The above vehicle was brought by a group to use in off road driver training. It was banned!!

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For the last 20 years, I have been the lead trainer /director for OnCourse. Have played a leading role in developing their courses into, probably, the best off road training courses, globally.

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