Friend rang last night to say her daughter had been given a Pug 306 1.4 petrol but has an electrical problem. It'd been stood for a few months & somebody had charged the battery but on connecting it smoke had come from the alternator, so I fetched it round home today to have a look at it. Anyway after having a play around with it & getting some very strange readings on the meter I thought I'd try to jump start it. Connected the earth on the car to the earth on the running cars engine & then went to attach the positive. Now I always splash the lead on first just in case & there was an almighty flash & a bit of the battery post disappered. So I put the meter across the battery & noticed it said -12.26V, left the battery disconnected & just used jump leads, car started & ran lovely. Went & fetched a new battery & everything apart from the alternator light is just glowing so there maybe some damage in there.
So after all of the essay the question is, is it possible to charge a battery up the wrong way?
I was wondering if the battery was absolutley dead & they connected the leads of the charger up the wrong way would it take charge but negatively instead of positively.
Alan...
So after all of the essay the question is, is it possible to charge a battery up the wrong way?
I was wondering if the battery was absolutley dead & they connected the leads of the charger up the wrong way would it take charge but negatively instead of positively.
Alan...