# Battery terminal post question

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-terminal-post-question/153894>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries\
**Created:** [December 1, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-terminal-post-question/153894 "2019-12-01T22:31:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-terminal-post-question/153894/21 "2019-12-03T03:17:34Z")

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A hand operated tire pump won’t discharge a car battery.  
Not much of a riddle.

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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-terminal-post-question/153894/22 "2019-12-04T22:53:58Z")

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> [@Barkydog](#):
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> I do not know how a hand pump can charge a battery!

Attach it to a windmill on a magneto.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/battery-terminal-post-question/153894/23 "2019-12-04T23:02:27Z")

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Lost me on that one, got a schematic?

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