My dad went to move my car this morning while I was at work, he said the battery was dead so he went to boost it.

He told me that he's pretty sure he accidentally crossed the terminals, because there was a pretty big spark off one of the posts.


I tried to go out and get it started, but there is no power what so ever, no lights etc. I used both a booster pack & booster cables, and there still isn't any power.

I'm assuming that when he crossed the terminals he popped a whole bunch of fuses, any ideas as to where I should start looking?


I checked the fuse panel by the battery, and they all look fine.

BTW, its an EK


Edit- I asked him if the horn went off when he hooked up the booster pack, and he said yes. So he definatly did cross the terminals.


Modified by HybridEL at 10:38 PM 8/14/2007

 

Check the big *** main fuse. It might LOOK good, but you never know. Check it with a DVOM. I hooked up a battery backwards in my dumber days, and it frapped the main fuse.

 

which one is the main fuse?


the one that is labelled battery? on the panel in the engine bay?

 

I took another look, and couldn't find anything wrong.


Any ideas guys?

thanks

 

i believe it says main and it might be a 60 or 80 amp fuse not sure off the top of my head but if the battery gets hooked up wrong the main fuse will blow and most likley take the alt with it very expensive mistake. hope it didn't eat the alt .