Soarer, No Power To Anything, Lights, Dash, Everything.

[xALmoN]

So, the story goes like this.

I had to replace my fan shroud to clear a roadworthy inspection, and due to that, I had to take out my battery and the battery tray so that the shroud would actually fit.

When i put everything back together, including the battery, the car wouldn't start and there's no power to anything. And there's this 3rd wire that's confusing the hell out of me.

I was thinking, how hard is it to put back a battery right? Its apparently pretty damn hard. Attached is a picture of the 3 wires. I've checked the fuses, they all seem fine. Might be a dead relay? Or no earth?

help me solve this issue.

[emts]

ok so that's not the best pic I've seen, but it kinda looks like the positive is hooked up to something touching the chassis,

ie the earth/negative side.

so they need to be reversed.

or I just could be looking at that completely wrong..or drunk!

[DVS JEZ]

Is the battery charged? Use a test light to trace the power to where it stops or if there is any power in the battery.

The charge indicator looks red in the pic.

Need a better picture of the 3rd wire u speak of. What sort of end does it have

[xALmoN]

the battery light has been red for as long as i can know, car still drives fine, in fact, two nights ago, i had gone for some spirited driving.

I just know its something bloody silly. And i also realised i should have taken the clamping things off instead of the wires, so, lesson to some, don't do mech work when you're sleepy as hell. Charge across battery is 13v. I've connected a jumper pack to the leads and no power either.

[xALmoN]

i guess for simplicity sake, lets call the leads, from left to right 1, 2 and 3.

[zebra]

the 3rd one (lead in your hand) goes on the +ve

ok so you call it lead #2 lol

[xALmoN]

So, 1 and 2 on + and the 3rd one remains? I'll try it now.

[zebra]

Ill grab a pic of mine if you want

[xALmoN]

lol andrew, its been sorted, thanks man. Its a massive facepalm moment. I had actually thought yesterday arvo, that i should have connected both + sides to each other but, i didn't dare to do so. fuses and relays are scary things when blown. but nothing's wrong now.

Cheers guys!

lesson learnt, take off the clamping things instead of the leads.

[zebra]

Snoarer electrics suck!

[xALmoN]

Snoarer electrics suck!

I know right, and from yesterday's fiasco, i wouldn't be installing the immob myself now.

[Hanaldo]

Haha glad you got it sorted. Just looked at the pic and thought it looks fairly standard, one line on the positive will go to the starter motor and the other line will go to the fuse box, not sure where the problem is

[xALmoN]

Haha glad you got it sorted. Just looked at the pic and thought it looks fairly standard, one line on the positive will go to the starter motor and the other line will go to the fuse box, not sure where the problem is

yeah i know right, electronics just do my head in. when i see those wires go into the darkness. meh.. my mind shuts down.