I haven't been using my truck much, it's had a battery drain issue and if I leave it alone for a week it won't start. When I last tried to jump it, it was so dead even my jump box couldn't get it going, so it's been dead for a while. Day before yesterday I pulled the batteries out (they measured 0.2 volts on my meter), took them to oreilly's, the kids there told me their machine wouldn't charge my batteries. So I take them to the mechanic next door, he hooked them up to a machine that didn't talk back, and next day the batteries were charged and load tested fine. YAY!!!
Today, I finally put the batteries in my truck. I'll spoil the end: I still had to jump it, but the old girl fired up eventually! But before we got to the end, I learned a lesson......
So I put the batteries in their trays. I connected the driver side negative cable. Then the passenger side negative cable. Then the passenger side positive cable. Then the driver side positive cablHOLY **** EXPLOSION WHY IS IT A WELDER NOW WHAT THE ****
Ok... maybe that was a weird glitch, big spark instead of little spark? Tap the terminal again and NOPE NOT A GLITCH. I pulled the ultimate amateur move and put the battery in backwards.
Now, why I got no sparks when I connected the driver side negative cable to the positive terminal, I have no clue. I would have appreciated a little warning spark instead of it becoming a ******* welder. But now I know, don't install dirty batteries in the dark
Pic of the explodey terminal, thankfully there was no damage other than my pride and my soiled *******.
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