My car completely shut down on me as I was driving last night. Luckily, I
was not on a busy road, and I was in the right lane.

After I opened the hood, I took a look under the plastic flap covering the
(+) terminal, and I noticed a huge mess of corrosion everywhere. I also
noticed that I now had a wire just dangling there, so I assumed that the
car died from that.

With what few tools I had, I managed to hook up "some" of the wires back
to the terminal, and the car started. There were 4 wires bunched together
into what might have been a spade/lug that was once connected to the
battery. Later that night, I was still able to start the car.

This afternoon, I bought new lugs, but I did a poor job with the crimping,
and I think 2 of the wires were not too well connected as I drove around
tonight. After dinner, the car didn't start, and I'm assuming that
something out of all this has drained the battery.

So, can anyone tell me about these 4 wires that are connected to the
battery? Are they from the same source, or are there 2/4 different sources
of this set of wires?

Thanks,
Mike