Yeah, don’t put batteries in that.
Someone just flipped the bottom left spring connector. That plate isn’t connected to anything internally as it’s just a passthrough for the serial voltage from battery to battery.
Queer erasure 😤
prime reason to never trust wire color in electrical
always test and confirm.
Was reminded of that truth this weekend when I found someone used all black for the neutrals, hots, and decided to also wrap the ground in black inside the junction box.
Luckily just a couple DIY light switchs and a dead wire. But that was fun trying to figure out which one was spicy.
That’s a North American 2-phase center-tap battery slot, for those who don’t know.
You know, bisectional.
North American 2 Phase Center Tap was my nickname in college
Probably snag some at recircuit City?
