jpraught
Feb 23, 2005, 11:16 AM
Ok, this shouldn't be too difficult for someone that knows a bit about cars. My door was left open with the seatbelt in it and drained my battery almost fully. My alarm still worked and I had lights but when I went to start it, the starter would just turn over but wouldn't fire. I have a portable charger and I accidentally hooked up the positive cable to the negative battery terminal and the negative cable to the positive terminal. It sparked of course because I have done that before and I never thought anything of it and I went to start the car and nothing happened, no lights, no starter, no alarm, nothing. The battery still had some juice in it but I wasn't thinking and I was hoping I just messed the battery up (it was old), so I went and bought a new battery and put it in and still getting nothing. So my car is not getting any electrical power at all from a brand new battery so what could the issue be? Where does the battery connect to exactly? The problem is obviously when I switched the cables and I shorted something, I just don't know what. I think it's a main fuse somewhere but I don't know anything about the electrical system in a car. I just hope its nothing like the computer that I fried or anything expensive. What do you guys think!!