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esara123@hotmail.com - 16 Feb 2008 02:26 GMT

the battery of my honda civic 2001 is dead.. i have a new battery.. i
wanted to boost form the new battery, what i did i connect the + of
the old batter the the - of the new and the - of the old with the + of
the new!!! i know.. but i was really sick!! now nothing workikng!! no
interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
happend ?? thanks a lot.

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Tegger - 16 Feb 2008 02:51 GMT

esara123@hotmail.com wrote in news:f34e0ec0-2444-4c63-bb57-b4061f3d1230
@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> the battery of my honda civic 2001 is dead.. i have a new battery.. i
> wanted to boost form the new battery,

Why? Wouldn't it have made more sense to simply replace the dead battery
with the new one?

> what i did i connect the + of
> the old batter the the - of the new and the - of the old with the + of
> the new!!!

My goodness. I'm surprised you didn't try to use your home electrical
system to jump the car.

> i know.. but i was really sick!!

No kidding.

> now nothing workikng!! no
> interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
> happend ?? thanks a lot.

Blew a big fuse, probably. Maybe. Hopefully.

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esara123@hotmail.com - 16 Feb 2008 05:07 GMT

> esara...@hotmail.com wrote in news:f34e0ec0-2444-4c63-bb57-b4061f3d1230
> @s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
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>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/

which big fuse is that? the 80amps or the 40amps

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Tegger - 16 Feb 2008 13:32 GMT

esara123@hotmail.com wrote in news:2412c724-56ed-44f8-9520-e666379710d3
@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

>> > now nothing workikng!! no
>> > interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
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>
> which big fuse is that? the 80amps or the 40amps

It would make sense to check them instead of asking here, would it not?

You need a multimeter to check fuses you can't see through.

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Woody - 16 Feb 2008 21:51 GMT

No, He needs someone to hit him in the head with a baseball bat to get his
attention. He is lucky He doesn't have battery acid all over his body. He
needs to call a tow truck and take it to a service shop before he does
himself and any bystanders serious harm....

> esara123@hotmail.com wrote in news:2412c724-56ed-44f8-9520-e666379710d3
> @e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
> You need a multimeter to check fuses you can't see through.

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Jeff - 16 Feb 2008 03:02 GMT

Why you were working on a car when you were really sick is beyond me.

> now nothing workikng!! no
> interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
> happend ?? thanks a lot.

You shorted out the circuit. And you seriously damaged on battery or the
other. You may have damaged the car, too, when you effectively reversed
the polarity of the electrically system.

Jeff

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Tony Hwang - 16 Feb 2008 03:46 GMT

> the battery of my honda civic 2001 is dead.. i have a new battery.. i
> wanted to boost form the new battery, what i did i connect the + of
> the old batter the the - of the new and the - of the old with the + of
> the new!!! i know.. but i was really sick!! now nothing workikng!! no
> interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
> happend ?? thanks a lot.

Hmmm,
You are learning a BIG lesson.
If lucky main fuse blew, if not ECU may be gone to begin with.

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Dan C - 16 Feb 2008 03:53 GMT

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:26:22 -0800, esara123 wrote:

Moron.

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esara123@hotmail.com - 16 Feb 2008 05:09 GMT

> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:26:22 -0800,esara123wrote:
> > the battery of my honda civic 2001 is dead.. i have a new battery.. i
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> --
> "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

dan c you are the one who is moron here and i am sure you are sad and
depressed person. this forum is to ask for help and we all make
mistakes if you did not like my post you could have easily just ignore
it but i think because you are low life person then you decided to
reply with something reflects you to start with.

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Dan C - 16 Feb 2008 05:29 GMT

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:09:40 -0800, esara123 wrote:

>> > the battery of my honda civic 2001 is dead.. i have a new battery.. i
>> > wanted to boost form the new battery, what i did i connect the + of
>> > the old batter the the - of the new and the - of the old with the + of
>> > the new!!! i know.. but i was really sick!! now nothing workikng!! no
>> > interio light etc.. now i can not boost from the new battery.. what
>> > happend ?? thanks a lot.

>> Moron.

> dan c you are the one who is moron here and i am sure you are sad and
> depressed person. this forum is to ask for help and we all make
> mistakes if you did not like my post you could have easily just ignore
> it but i think because you are low life person then you decided to
> reply with something reflects you to start with.

OK, so you're uneducated and illiterate, as well as being a moron.

Only a moron connects the + and - terminals of two batteries, and you
should be ashamed of your "writing" ability.

f.ck off, punk.

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Tony Hwang - 16 Feb 2008 22:31 GMT

Hmmm,
Sounds like troll after all. Don't suppose to feed troll!

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