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MAME owes italie many thank yous, hah
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Going full automotive nazi.....
12/13/13 08:54 AM
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> > the good spark which means that the cars are connected. > > Wha...? If you're connecting the batteries properly, you shouldn't see sparks at all.
Nah, you can see sparks at any time, especially if the car is older with weak/corroded ground cables.
> > With everything hooked up, my > > buddy turned the key to his car and nothing. The battery must be completely dead. > > Even with a 100% dead battery, you should have gotten *something*. Either the battery
Not necessarily. If the sulfation was bad enough, you'll get zip. It can either cause a short with material falling off the plates, or even an open if the plate breaks.
> > I don't know how it happened, but as I was cleaning the positive terminal the cable > > contacted the post on the battery while the negative terminal contacted the other > > post. I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A SHOCK THAT PAINFUL IN MY ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE! Holy > shit. > > A bunch of sparks and vulgarities went flying. It felt like someone punched my left > > hand and arm while stabbing it at the same time. Good God car batteries have a > > painful charge to them. We then stepped away and pulled the battery out of the bay > > while I regained control of my left arm. Ha. > > Probably more evidence that the car has some kind of electrical fault..? As far as I > know, the voltage of a car battery isn't high enough to give you a shock like that.
It can be, but it needs help. Sweat, wet skin, rain, etc....You can get a decent pinch under the right conditions.
> > With the battery out, I noticed that the positive cable in the car (Honda Accord > > 2003) was on the same side as the negative terminal of the battery. The negative > > cable was closest to what was marked as the positive battery. The fuckers at > AutoZone > > gave us a battery with the positive and negative terminals opposite of what the > dead > > battery had. > > I'm confused, you couldn't just turn the battery around?
Nope. If you've ever been down the battery isle, you'll notice a lot of similar batteries have an "R" or similar tag appended to them. It basically means "Reverse terminal". Common mistake to overlook the "R" from rookie basts behind the counter
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