Touching Positive And Negative Battery Cables

Mix the cleaning solution.

Touching positive and negative battery cables.

Remove the positive and negative battery cables connect them to each other and secure them with electrical tape. Accidentally touched positive battery cable to negative post 1993 nissan d21 my battery went out on my truck and it would not start so i exchanged my old battery at wal mart for a new one took it home and proceeded to put it in. I had a guy tell me that this car learns the driving habits of the operator and i may need to reset the computer by doing this. When attaching the battery cables place the positive cable on first and then the ground cable.

Do not allow the cables to touch on the free end not yet hooked into another battery while the cables are connected to the first battery. Fasten the joined cables as far away from the battery as possible. Then reconnect the cables to the battery and the system. In a clean bucket mix a thin solution of lukewarm water and baking soda.

Mixing up the jumper cables or touching the cable ends together can damage the vehicle and potentially cause personal injury. Reversing these polarities will almost certainly result in a massive spark that can cause severe burn injuries. Put on your safety glasses and protective gloves. Anybody ever heard of resetting the computer by disconnecting the positive battery lead and touching it off on the negative battery terminal.

Also the ground or negative cable should not be touching anything metal while the positive cable is hooked up. Are these myths or does it actually work. The car is an 03 v70 2 4l non turbo and it is running poorly. The one solution was to disconnect the negative cable from the battery then reconnect it in about two minutes.

The complex electronic systems of modern vehicles can also be destroyed by reversed polarity. This lasted a while. To understand what happens when battery cables touch you need to know about the flow of electric current. The honda service manager told me it s best to disconnect both cables touch the ends together and that drains all remaining electricity out of the system.

Attach one end of the positive red jumper cable to the positive terminal of the dead battery. Touching the negative and positive battery cables together for about 30 seconds to clear the check engine light depending on what s made it come on and to also kinda of reset the sporadic electrical issues ones car may have. The current not the movement of electrons then moves back. In any circuit external to a battery direct current flows from the positive post of the battery through the circuit and back to the negative post.