Electrical problem

[Status]

Yeah I can’t see how anything would’ve shorted,wot does touching the two battery terminals do ?

[Raj_UK]

Bummer about the battery not sorting it. Could it be a bad earth?

[ph001]

Yeah I can’t see how anything would’ve shorted,wot does touching the two battery terminals do ?

It discharges all the stored energy in the various ECU's dotted around the car. Kind of like a master reset.

Obviously make sure you have disconnected them from the battery before shorting!!!!

[Status]

Right I’ll give it a go

[Status]

Going down to a mates with the battery as it was dead flat so it might not be getting full charge on the c tek so bit of heavy duty stuff going on it

[ph001]

Going down to a mates with the battery as it was dead flat so it might not be getting full charge on the c tek so bit of heavy duty stuff going on it

You need to forget that battery - you will never recover it in terms of capacity even if you do manage to charge it successfully. I'm assuming the shorting battery cables trick didn't work with the Scooby battery?

[Status]

The Scooby battery is still connected,had to go to work yesterday so didn’t have time,the bm battery is charging down at the local garage so when I get it back I’ll put the two cables together and hope my hair doesn’t stand up then I’ll put the fully charged battery in and see wot happens

[Status]

Done all things suggested,new battery on fully charged and still no change ?

[ph001]

Done all things suggested,new battery on fully charged and still no change ?

..time to start looking at those fuses I guess. If you really do have no voltage at all on the jump points under the bonnet, I'm struggling to think what else it could be.

It's worth checking the BST (battery safety terminal). It's a small module which sits on the positive battery cable? It's function is to pyrotechnically disconnect the battery from the car systems in the event of a crash. See here....

Have a look at this Youtube link (you might want to skip straight to the 2 min point!)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c26Jq1O1m0M

[Status]

Just watched the vid,interesting,I’ll have a nose in the morning,thanks for the advice

[ph001]

Just watched the vid,interesting,I’ll have a nose in the morning,thanks for the advice

You can push a needle or a pin into the positive battery lead (through the insulation into the copper) a few inches down from the battery terminal, then see if there is continuity between the terminal and the pin.

[Status]

I’ve got an auto electrician coming round on Tuesday,ive got a couple of jobs being done as having an alarm put on my jdm Impreza as they don’t put them on for the jap market,probably less thieving toe rags out there

[ph001]

keep us updated as to what he finds.

[Status]

Will do,thanks

[Status]

Right ,all done something simple as I expected,all my fault which I’ll explain later so here goes
One of the leads that go on the fuse box which has the 250 A fuse fell down the side when I took the battery off and I didn’t notice it hence the reason no power after the battery,Now it is dark out in the garage as no power and the reason I didn’t notice is 8 years ago I lost my sight in one eye and I struggle working on things close up and sometimes I don’t notice things that are close up or in front of me,the arguments I’ve had trying to explain to the missus wots it’s like is a joke,until you have a disability you don’t know wot it’s like,it’s only a minor one compared to some people so I just get on with it like most,so yes I did laugh my nuts off and thanks guys for all your Imput,All sorted and I’ll take it off of sorn probably next month and get out more in it,