I am a T1T!!

[Alexdaredevilz]

I was fitting my new shiny wideband gauge and sensor today so I can see how bad my lucas system is so then I have a good enough excuse to buy a new ECU kit

But in my haste and excitement (come on we all have been there) I connected up the battery the wrong way round and then turned the key

I got fuses melted, relays going nut, wipers with a mind of there own, and feck all power to every thing

Looks like im going to have a very very busy day tomorrow sorting my c0ck ups



Any one else done a similar cock up in excitement >?

Edited by Alexdaredevilz on Sunday 21st August 00:39

[haircutmike]

I don't believe it!

You probably need that new battery now.

[Alexdaredevilz]

I want to cry

[haircutmike]

If you've fried the altenator, I've a spare!

[Alexdaredevilz]

Thanks :-)

Hows Berlin?

[haircutmike]

Camped on the side of a lake near Hannover at the month.

Look up Blauer See wakeboarding on utube!

[MADMAX2]

gotta say i feel for ya but what a T I T !

[Wedg1e]

Last time I did that (on a Wedge) the only thing that wouldn't work afterwards was the clock.

[angus99]

Just got the exhaust back together with the Boss welded on the Y-piece, hopefully wiring up the wideband tonight. Think I will do a few extra checks before turning the key. I'd be an even bigger T1T if i made the same mistake after reading this.

Out of interest what did you use for the switched live?. I'm planning to use the White / orange wire from the relay which currently feeds the narrow band sensors.

Hope you get yours sorted out mate.

[Alexdaredevilz]

I managed to use earth, perm 12v and light switch from my old clock,

I found a random wire that went to nothing I used that happend to be a 12v switch

[dbv8]

Ive had a lot of 'little' mistakes lately but how can someone connect the battery the wrong way?
Massive schoolboy error

My last mistake was to replace the coil while forgetting the ignition was armed.
A short soon took out my 100 amp fuse and was why i ran out of electricity
The car managed 160 miles before the battery gave up.

[haircutmike]

Ah, correct diagnosis!

Glad that's sorted cheaply!

[dbv8]

haircutmike said:

Ah, correct diagnosis!

Glad that's sorted cheaply!

I need to send a fuse to Dale. they are only 70p but wanting £7 delivery!
Surely they can slip one in a standard envelope 1st class. I know £7 isnt the end of the world but it seems ridiculous in principal.

[Alexdaredevilz]

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[scotty_d]

How did you manage it, the battery terminals are normally different sizes to avoid this?

Ouch hope there is nothing to bad and the fuses did there job.

[Alexdaredevilz]

scotty_d said:

How did you manage it, the battery terminals are normally different sizes to avoid this?

Ouch hope there is nothing to bad and the fuses did there job.

Yeah I know there different sizes but it wasn't my tvr battery I was using at the time, it was just another freshly charged battery i had in the garage which was half thr weight and easy to move about to test things

Yeah I blew ALOT of fuses and one relay, all fixed now, wideband in place and working,