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 Mar 7, 2005 - 2:52 PM
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I jumped a car at the local costco for a couple who's battery was dead. Instead of listening to me the guy connected the negative on my car to his negative instead of the ground of his vehicle. Yesterday and today when I turn the key to start, I hear a clicking sound and nothing, do it twice and nothing, the third time it immediately starts without any trouble turning over. Never had this problem in the 5 years I've owned the car. Battery is about 3 years old from Toyota.
Any ideas? Alternator/battery/fuse? |
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Mar 8, 2005 - 11:22 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 31, '02 From KC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The real reason you want to connect to a ground other than at the battery is to avoid any spark potentially causing the battery to explode, especially if the dead battery is half frozen. the acid fumes are highly flammable, not really too much of a worry now with the sealed batteries, but good to not take chances, battery acid can permanently blind you. (not to mention eating your car )
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exxtractor Problem need you help solving? Mar 7, 2005 - 2:52 PM
Blakout16 check your terminals for corrosion. im having the ... Mar 7, 2005 - 2:59 PM bufferdan Whats the problem with connecting neg to neg?? Th... Mar 7, 2005 - 2:59 PM
madmods QUOTE(bufferdan @ Mar 7, 2005 - 7:59 PM)Whats... Mar 7, 2005 - 7:13 PM defgeph you prolly loosend the terminals tighten them up a... Mar 7, 2005 - 7:20 PM nitemare uhh.there is no problem at all.. u ARE suppose to ... Mar 7, 2005 - 7:21 PM Rjb23 It could be your battery just coincedence that it ... Mar 7, 2005 - 11:47 PM |
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