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Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:06

whilst working on my car, i stupidly left the ignition on for ages with the roof down. this meant a nice flat battery.

went and bought some jump leads as i've never owned any before (first time using them).

joined them up on both cars before starting the fiesta up.

this swiftly resulted in a massive spark and smoked, followed by the jump leads burning

the plastic has now melted onto the ends.

what did i do wrong? absolutely shit my pants as the fiesta wouldn't start for a minute or so after

and the z4's dash lit up with warning lights.

[Edited on 05-05-2012 by Ben G]

Cole

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5th May 12 at 17:10

Had them connected the wrong way

craig55

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5th May 12 at 17:10

You connect them the right way round

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:11

black on neg, red on pos.

Corsa_Sport21

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5th May 12 at 17:12

Maybe just because they were new. Kinda like a breaking them in sort of thing.

Cole

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5th May 12 at 17:13

Either that or they earthed out on something

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:13

well they are fucked now

bought them from argos, reckon they will take them back if i say they were faulty?

Mike

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5th May 12 at 17:14

The plastic on both leads has melted?

Dave

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5th May 12 at 17:16

You've had them on one of the batteries the wrong way round.

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:18

i'm sure i didn't but may be wrong

there was a load of gunk stuff on the neg of the fiesta battery. would that affect anything?

put a pic of the leads in the first post mike.

Matty SRi

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5th May 12 at 17:19

Id suggest you had them on the wrong way round, or connected the wrong 1 first

Mike

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5th May 12 at 17:22

Shit

Must've been the wrong way round, there's not really any reason for the negatives to burn out otherwise.

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:22

fuck sake

dickhead who had the car before me put the red + cover over the - bit

what a cunt

the car still jump started though which is strange.

[Edited on 05-05-2012 by Ben G]

Dave

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5th May 12 at 17:24

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i'm sure i didn't but may be wrong there was a load of gunk stuff on the neg of the fiesta battery. would that affect anything?

put a pic of the leads in the first post mike.

Someone I know

did the same trick trying to jump a van at 4am with the exact same results.

FAZ

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5th May 12 at 17:25

DOESNT THE BATTERY ITSELF HAVE A + / - SYMBOL ON IT?

Ian

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5th May 12 at 17:25

If both cars still run you've had a lucky escape, that can seriously spoil your day normally.

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:26

quote:
Originally posted by FAZ
DOESNT THE BATTERY ITSELF HAVE A + / - SYMBOL ON IT?

it does indeed

i've been working on the car since 1pm, had the roof down so i could move around easier inside. battery died and started to rain, had no leads so had to go and buy some.

rushing things never ends well

Mike

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5th May 12 at 17:26

Trusting the red cover, schoolboy error

Corsa_Sport21

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5th May 12 at 17:27

Is the battery in the boot in these cars??

Dave

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5th May 12 at 17:28

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

quote:
Originally posted by FAZ
DOESNT THE BATTERY ITSELF HAVE A + / - SYMBOL ON IT?

it does indeed i've been working on the car since 1pm, had the roof down so i could move around easier inside. battery died and started to rain, had no leads so had to go and buy some.

rushing things never ends well

I guarantee you'll check at least three times whenever you jump a car from now on.

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:29

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
Trusting the red cover, schoolboy error

won't be doing that again

ian, are there any long term problems after this happens? the fiesta wouldn't start at first but works fine now. the z4 required some revving but now seems fine too.

yes battery is under the boot floor.

Ian

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5th May 12 at 17:34

No if they run you should be OK.

There was a guy on one of the Fiesta forums killed his ECU, new car as well so nothing second hand, ended up bending over in Fords for a new one.

Would think they're OK, perhaps just lost a bit of memory or something. Not too much to worry about compared to them not starting.

Ben G

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5th May 12 at 17:35

must have been my lucky day (apart from the rain and roof stuck down)

corsatdi

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5th May 12 at 17:39

I shot my alternator on my diesel b when I did this!

JaffaTB

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5th May 12 at 17:43

reminds me of when i bought a new battery for my DR350 and connected it the wrong way round, a wire burned out straight away but it would still spin the starter motor, the wrong way

i decided something had broken inside the casing and had it all apart, was messing with it for hours til i realised what i had done

[Edited on 05-05-2012 by JaffaTB]

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