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Battery terminals reversed...HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 967010" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Mike,</p><p></p><p>You many have gotten very lucky and Ford may have some sort of reverse polarity protection to prevent major damage if the battery terminals are reversed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I suspect that you blew out something in the alternator...probably a diode, or possibly the voltage regulator. Either can easily be replaced.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The smoking may have damaged the insulation on your battery terminals, or even on some other wiring. I would check out all exposed wiring to insure you have not melted any insulation. If the wires short out, it should just blow a fuse, but the main battery, alternator and starter wiring is not protected by fuses, and could cause a fire....so check them out carefully.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Anyway, It sounds like you may have dodge a big bullet..:grin:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 967010, member: 52972"] Mike, You many have gotten very lucky and Ford may have some sort of reverse polarity protection to prevent major damage if the battery terminals are reversed. I suspect that you blew out something in the alternator...probably a diode, or possibly the voltage regulator. Either can easily be replaced. The smoking may have damaged the insulation on your battery terminals, or even on some other wiring. I would check out all exposed wiring to insure you have not melted any insulation. If the wires short out, it should just blow a fuse, but the main battery, alternator and starter wiring is not protected by fuses, and could cause a fire....so check them out carefully. Anyway, It sounds like you may have dodge a big bullet..:grin: ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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