This guy shorted my car battery - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Zhangy · 11-24-2015, 10:22 AM

I was giving a neighbor a jump start, + and - were connected to my car's battery and he was at the other end making his connection.

Car wasn't running, all I heard was "I don't think it's connected right" and he crossed his two ends and then spark spark with little smoke, he shorted my battery...........

No issue observed, checked fuse, lights and electronics everything is cool for now...

WhiteFRS69 · 11-24-2015, 10:28 AM

i did that once, when i was kid and didnt know any better

freaked me out!

Cedars · 11-24-2015, 10:29 AM

So he messed up the + and _ right? Maybe go get it checked, your battery working since you were able to check everything right?

extrashaky · 11-24-2015, 10:29 AM

Totaled.

HOLY CRAP I FINALLY GOT TO DO THAT!!!!!

Tcoat · 11-24-2015, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteFRS69

i did that once, when i was kid and didnt know any better

freaked me out!

I did that once when I was a kid. Blew the battery apart. It was spectacular.

Cole · 11-24-2015, 10:30 AM

Cool story bro.

11/10, would read again.

WhiteFRS69 · 11-24-2015, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I did that once when I was a kid. Blew the battery apart. It was spectacular.

mine started to smoke and sparked...
i looked at it and go to my father... i think i did it wrong

WhiteFRS69 · 11-24-2015, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by extrashaky

Totaled.

HOLY CRAP I FINALLY GOT TO DO THAT!!!!!

ottoyu34 · 11-24-2015, 10:32 AM

There's a certain order to connect the cables from other cars, at least I was taught that way.

Tcoat · 11-24-2015, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ottoyu34

There's a certain order to connect the cables from other cars, at least I was taught that way.

And communication of said order with the other person is vital.

Cole · 11-24-2015, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ottoyu34

There's a certain order to connect the cables from other cars, at least I was taught that way.

Connecting a ground first usually helps.

Tcoat · 11-24-2015, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Cole

Connecting a ground first usually helps.

Won't help if the dude at the other end hooks that up to the +.

STV3 · 11-24-2015, 10:39 AM

I once accidentally made contact with my positive battery terminal and a metal coolant line with a worm clamp while putting my intake back on. There was a shit load of sparking and the worm clamp turned glowing orange hot instantly. Scared the living hell out of me! There is still a little piece of melted worm clamp melted onto my coolant line too lol.

Cole · 11-24-2015, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Won't help if the dude at the other end hooks that up to the +.

Common sense isn't too common I guess. Though, I do work with DC circuits between 40V and 300V regularly, and all the safety training must have gotten through to me.

11-24-2015, 10:22 AM	#1
Zhangy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 FRS Location: Toronto Posts: 361 Thanks: 14 Thanked 106 Times in 83 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This guy shorted my car battery I was giving a neighbor a jump start, + and - were connected to my car's battery and he was at the other end making his connection. Car wasn't running, all I heard was "I don't think it's connected right" and he crossed his two ends and then spark spark with little smoke, he shorted my battery........... No issue observed, checked fuse, lights and electronics everything is cool for now... Last edited by Zhangy; 11-24-2015 at 08:35 PM.

11-24-2015, 10:32 AM	#9
ottoyu34 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Drives: Mazda3 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 126 Thanks: 47 Thanked 57 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	There's a certain order to connect the cables from other cars, at least I was taught that way. __________________

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WhiteFRS69 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2014 Scion FRS Location: NNJ Posts: 2,289 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 1,432 Times in 756 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	i did that once, when i was kid and didnt know any better freaked me out!

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Cedars Banned Join Date: Nov 2015 Drives: gt86 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 152 Thanks: 87 Thanked 46 Times in 34 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So he messed up the + and _ right? Maybe go get it checked, your battery working since you were able to check everything right?

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extrashaky Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: 2014 BRZ Limited Location: USA Posts: 4,045 Thanks: 1,100 Thanked 5,618 Times in 2,266 Posts Mentioned: 55 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Totaled. HOLY CRAP I FINALLY GOT TO DO THAT!!!!!

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Cole Not a troll Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: FR-S Location: Canada Posts: 5,104 Thanks: 8,237 Thanked 5,399 Times in 2,694 Posts Mentioned: 266 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Cool story bro. 11/10, would read again.

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STV3 Señor Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Rockland County NY Posts: 1,607 Thanks: 1,103 Thanked 1,322 Times in 645 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	I once accidentally made contact with my positive battery terminal and a metal coolant line with a worm clamp while putting my intake back on. There was a shit load of sparking and the worm clamp turned glowing orange hot instantly. Scared the living hell out of me! There is still a little piece of melted worm clamp melted onto my coolant line too lol.

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