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Hey, i am just wondering if this is at all possible? because upon working on my other far older holden, i was removing my stereo, all was well... took out the amp from the engine bay and accidently shorted out on the shifter, scared the shit out of me, and now a week later i tried to start it ... nothing, no ignition nothing. Checked the battery with a test light. Its dead. no power at all...

its a drycell battery and is about a year old, barely old enough for it to pack in.

any help would be appreciated

regards

James

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this is how i understand it tell me if im wrong.

some older cars have the ground wire coming from the opposite terminal to what more modern cars do and this can be a problem if somthing is put in place to complete the circut.

eg taking stereo out and hitting the gear shifter completing the circut

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Actaully yes, as this happened at work on thursday night, the battery blew up literally, big hole in the side if it, it was in a tug(used to pull barrows like the ones at qantas). just a big bang and then nothing, not sure how it happened.

Although I'm sure this is not even related to your story I though interesting none the less.

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They emit Hydrogen gas while charging, very easy to make a big bang if you want too.

If you mean't did you kill the battery by shorting it with a metal object, Its highly unlikely to be related in my books. Most SLA batteries can emit massive amperage even melting the terminals off before the actual cells in the battery will collapse.

Of course if its a cheap and nasty brand battery, it may not have taken much to upset it.

More than likely you may have got a short when you were messing with the wiring and its probally just discharged on its own, from a short?

Make sure there isn't anything discharging the battery when you put a new one in, as you don't want the same problem.

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