beavy69
04-09-06, 01:19 PM
(See later for the funny story of events - below is simply the problem for those in a hurry! )
I had a big (calcium) battery - terminals close to bodywork - bump and rain/whatever removed insulation when driving along - everything starts flashing and fizzing as the pos terminal contacts the bodywork. After about five seconds I realized what was happening and switched the car off. The pos terminal had melted and nothing worked SHEEEEEIT!
Have now removed the battery (confirmed completely fcuked) BUT two weird things:
1) The alternator and handbrake lights are still on with the battery removed!
2) None of the fuses have broken they are just a little bowed in the middle of the strip!
I will need a new battery but does anyone else know what I may need to replace. And what the hell are 1) + 2) about?
Cheers: Now for the funny story of events:
OK so I had a dead battery. Found a big calcium one that barely fitted in the bat bay (but helped with the many starts needed to get my 32/34 carb up and running)
HOWEVER, the terminals were close to the lip of metal on the body by the bottom of the windscreen so I added plenty of insulation and forgot about it
Unbelievably I was driving a bird back to mine late at night when it happened so my Bro comes to give me a tow but I?ve got no lights and what?s worse is the car is steaming up. So I switch on my interior blue lights in an effort to be seen from behind as they are powered off a smaller battery in the back. And I'm steering the car like a steam train with my head sticking out of the window.
Three roads away from home I notice my blue light is flashing at me so with half my body out of the window I turned to the back of the car to wipe the condensation off the rear window to look at the light in the back, only to find I'm waving at a copper!
My brother hasn't even seen him so I very thoughtfully turn back to the font and start shouting and waving at him (like I?m in some fcuking carnival procession! Really clever!) He still doesn't see me so I give him a tug on the tow rope using my brakes. He spots the cop and stamps on his brakes. Now all this time I?ve been left foot braking from the standing position so all I could do is stamp on my brakes (with all my weight) sending the car into a short slide and leaving me half handing out of the car by my harness like some tramp slumped over a railing waiting to greet the cop.
He looked up and down the car for what seemed like ages with a weird mixture of appreciation and disgust on his face. Asked what we were doing, checked it wasn't stolen (nice one) and that I was insured etc.
Then he said we were bloody stupid for doing it in the dark and for having a blue light and said goodbye. PHEEEEEUUW!
Hope you enjoyed that (at my expense) any electrical ideas/advice (apart from don?t stick your battery too close to the bodywork) would be much appreciated.
I had a big (calcium) battery - terminals close to bodywork - bump and rain/whatever removed insulation when driving along - everything starts flashing and fizzing as the pos terminal contacts the bodywork. After about five seconds I realized what was happening and switched the car off. The pos terminal had melted and nothing worked SHEEEEEIT!
Have now removed the battery (confirmed completely fcuked) BUT two weird things:
1) The alternator and handbrake lights are still on with the battery removed!
2) None of the fuses have broken they are just a little bowed in the middle of the strip!
I will need a new battery but does anyone else know what I may need to replace. And what the hell are 1) + 2) about?
Cheers: Now for the funny story of events:
OK so I had a dead battery. Found a big calcium one that barely fitted in the bat bay (but helped with the many starts needed to get my 32/34 carb up and running)
HOWEVER, the terminals were close to the lip of metal on the body by the bottom of the windscreen so I added plenty of insulation and forgot about it
Unbelievably I was driving a bird back to mine late at night when it happened so my Bro comes to give me a tow but I?ve got no lights and what?s worse is the car is steaming up. So I switch on my interior blue lights in an effort to be seen from behind as they are powered off a smaller battery in the back. And I'm steering the car like a steam train with my head sticking out of the window.
Three roads away from home I notice my blue light is flashing at me so with half my body out of the window I turned to the back of the car to wipe the condensation off the rear window to look at the light in the back, only to find I'm waving at a copper!
My brother hasn't even seen him so I very thoughtfully turn back to the font and start shouting and waving at him (like I?m in some fcuking carnival procession! Really clever!) He still doesn't see me so I give him a tug on the tow rope using my brakes. He spots the cop and stamps on his brakes. Now all this time I?ve been left foot braking from the standing position so all I could do is stamp on my brakes (with all my weight) sending the car into a short slide and leaving me half handing out of the car by my harness like some tramp slumped over a railing waiting to greet the cop.
He looked up and down the car for what seemed like ages with a weird mixture of appreciation and disgust on his face. Asked what we were doing, checked it wasn't stolen (nice one) and that I was insured etc.
Then he said we were bloody stupid for doing it in the dark and for having a blue light and said goodbye. PHEEEEEUUW!
Hope you enjoyed that (at my expense) any electrical ideas/advice (apart from don?t stick your battery too close to the bodywork) would be much appreciated.