Aggghhh - school boy mistake
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Had to leave the house early this morning but discovered that my battery was dead (left the internal light on last night). No probs thinks I, a quick jump start will sort that out. Cars connected and both running so everything looks fine.
What with it being 5am and me being a bit bleary eyed I dispensed the usual disconnect one cable then another procedure and foolishly disconnected both from the donor car first.
The rest, as you probably already know is inevitable, +ive and -ive ends momentarily touch. Car alarm goes crazy and P & J now dead.
Had to leave sharpish to catch a train but not looking forward to getting it sorted. No idea of what damage is - Im more annoyed that there is no-one to blame but myself!
What with it being 5am and me being a bit bleary eyed I dispensed the usual disconnect one cable then another procedure and foolishly disconnected both from the donor car first.
The rest, as you probably already know is inevitable, +ive and -ive ends momentarily touch. Car alarm goes crazy and P & J now dead.
Had to leave sharpish to catch a train but not looking forward to getting it sorted. No idea of what damage is - Im more annoyed that there is no-one to blame but myself!
It's more fun to connect them the wrong way round - +ve to -ve and -ve to +ve. I accidentally did this with some cheap leads. There were flames from both batteries and the insulation on the leads immediately melted leaving two lines of melted plastic on the ground between the two cars, one red and one black.
Did try to jump start it again but all that happened was the alarm started makign all sorts of strange noises. It has an after market cat 1 clifford system on it. Im thinking that it may have fried something related to that.
Good call with trying a new battery. Worth a go.
Many thanks for the advice so far!
Good call with trying a new battery. Worth a go.
Many thanks for the advice so far!
Rhodz said:
Did try to jump start it again but all that happened was the alarm started makign all sorts of strange noises. It has an after market cat 1 clifford system on it. Im thinking that it may have fried something related to that.
Good call with trying a new battery. Worth a go.
Many thanks for the advice so far!
Or there's not enough power to supply the alarm?Good call with trying a new battery. Worth a go.
Many thanks for the advice so far!
Don't panic (yet
)When I was young and stupid I did a couple of silly things with jump starting cars.
First place I would look if I was you, is the engine bay fuse box. I accidently got the terminals the wrong way round and popped the 50A ignition circuit fuse. New one of those and it was fine.
Also has the fire coming from the alternator and metled wiring gag. Then tried to take a terminal off the battery and burned the crap out of my finger when the plastic insulation gave way under pressure. I just pushed one car away from the other in the end until it pinged off.
Top tip, if you're a teenager and you've never jump started a car on your own before, ask for help.
First place I would look if I was you, is the engine bay fuse box. I accidently got the terminals the wrong way round and popped the 50A ignition circuit fuse. New one of those and it was fine.
Also has the fire coming from the alternator and metled wiring gag. Then tried to take a terminal off the battery and burned the crap out of my finger when the plastic insulation gave way under pressure. I just pushed one car away from the other in the end until it pinged off.
Top tip, if you're a teenager and you've never jump started a car on your own before, ask for help.
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