Connected two terminals on battery

[alho]

Hi,

I accidentally connected the two battery terminals together with a wrench when I was installing my SRI. Sparks flew around etc, is there any damage to the electricals at all? Just want to confirms with other members.


Thanks.

[mazdaskit]

like + & - together with power??

[alho]

Ya. The car started fine afterwards and everything worked though. But when I start it up there's a hissing sound...

[gabbygenier]

the hissing sound might be from the battery. that might of got damaged in the process

[Noisy Crow]

Probably okay... since you didn't manage to weld the wrench to the battery you couldn't have bridged the terminals too long.

Next time.... get a shorter wrench or drop a cloth over the +ve terminal!

[RECREATIONAL_ANXIETY]

Next time.... get a shorter wrench

... or a plastic wrench!

[07m3gt]

... or a plastic wrench!

++1 lol

[TheMAN]

threw out the positive cable cap and battery cover eh?

[Noisy Crow]

threw out the positive cable cap and battery cover eh?

My car didn't come with one..................

[TheMAN]

but what about the battery cover......

[SonicBoy]

but what about the battery cover......

The OP said he was installing his SRI and probably had that piece removed.

[TheMAN]

I understand, but it doesn't make a lot of sense having the cover off, nor working anywhere near the battery

[SilentJay]

mind you, the hissing might be from the SRI too...

[Noisy Crow]

I understand, but it doesn't make a lot of sense having the cover off, nor working anywhere near the battery

Yeh. I was thinking he was disconnecting the battery.... y'know -- the instructions for most anything that touched the car's wiring tells you to disconnect the battery: sparkplugs, light bulbs, SRIs...... :)