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92 964 Alternator Burned
Any help is appreciated. After leaving my car sitting all summer i found the battery to be dead. I purchased an automatic charger and charged the car for 2 days with the battery cables removed. I then proceeded to install the cables and i found it odd to have the terminals spark as i attempted to connect them to the battery posts. A minute or so after i began to hear fans running and smoke coming from the engine compartment. I popped the hood to find my alternator on fire. I had not experienced that in the past. Any thoughts as to what could have caused it and what the extend of the damage might be?
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09-20-2017, 06:48 PM
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09-23-2017, 04:36 PM
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First thought is that you connected the battery (pos/neg cables) backwards.
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09-24-2017, 06:30 AM
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You charged the battery backwards, perhaps. It can be done with a totally dead battery and no sparks to tell you the charger's clamps are on wrong. If so, say goodbye to the computer.
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09-26-2017, 03:16 PM
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IF you did NOT charge the battery backwards and you did NOT re-install the battery backwards, did you disconnect and reconnect the cables in this order:
1.Disconnect neg. cable first 2.Disconnect pos. cable second 3. Reconnect pos. cable first 4.Reconnect neg. cable last ? If not done in that order, you can reverse the polarity of the diodes within the alternator and/or voltage regulator and that is harmful. |
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10-04-2017, 06:01 PM
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I can be sure I didn't charge the battery in reverse but I cannot recall whether or not I disconnected and reconnected the cables in the appropriate order. Is there a way to fix this?
I thank you all for your help. |
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11-15-2017, 12:31 PM
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I have a new alternator and voltage regulator but I'm afraid to install them if there is something else more serious.
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11-15-2017, 12:34 PM
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Could this be caused by possibly a bad ignition switch?
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