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09-25-2006, 01:32 PM

flutiedawg

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Dead Battery

I was trying to install an amp in my car. i unhooked the negative from the termnal then when i hooked the wire to the positive it sparked now my battery wont see to hold a charge. any ideas what happened?

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09-25-2006, 02:18 PM

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big spark or little spark are you saying that you touched the posts on your battery together?

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09-25-2006, 02:53 PM

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little spark from the power cord of the amp to the postitve term. sorry worte that fast

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09-25-2006, 04:39 PM

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How old is the battery?? What you described shouldn't have hurt anything. What kind of amp and what watt rating??? List the RMS rating please.

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09-25-2006, 05:06 PM

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Thanks for the replies apprently i need a new connecton to my battery after about 20min of wiggling and tightening the car sarted up fine and also last night i had enganged the alarm and was unable to disengage it until a few min ago

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