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BlackCrayon · 11-26-2009, 06:47 AM

Ok, so the battery in my car was dead..at least I thought it was. So I went to boost it and when I hooked up the cables, there seemed to be more sparkage than usual and then the booster cables started smoking, and other wires appeared to be smoking as well (on the car I was boosting) a lot of smoke was definitely coming from somewhere. I noticed afterwards that the ground wire from the alternator to the battery was broken. I am not sure if this was a result of the "fire" or something that happened beforehand. Would replacing this wire fix the problem? Could the other battery wires now be damaged and should be replaced? Do you think there would have been any damage to the wiring or the battery of the car that I was attempting to boost it from? Never had this happen before.

11-26-2009, 06:47 AM
BlackCrayon Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ottawa Posts: 19,631	my car almost started on fire..any idea why?? Ok, so the battery in my car was dead..at least I thought it was. So I went to boost it and when I hooked up the cables, there seemed to be more sparkage than usual and then the booster cables started smoking, and other wires appeared to be smoking as well (on the car I was boosting) a lot of smoke was definitely coming from somewhere. I noticed afterwards that the ground wire from the alternator to the battery was broken. I am not sure if this was a result of the "fire" or something that happened beforehand. Would replacing this wire fix the problem? Could the other battery wires now be damaged and should be replaced? Do you think there would have been any damage to the wiring or the battery of the car that I was attempting to boost it from? Never had this happen before. __________________ you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.. Last edited by BlackCrayon; 11-26-2009 at 06:48 AM..