I don't really know if this is the forum to ask this sort of question, and sorry if it ain't, but i'm curious, so here goes.
Today i pulled into a gas station, stopped mt car, when i got out again and tried it start, it was low on battery, so it would not start.
Asked some guy to jump start me, and he agreed to do so.
Pulled out my jumpers and connected them to my battery. he opened his hood and connected the positive to some positive connection on his engine, and then connected the negative to (what he thought was the negative on his battery, but was really possitive).
I did not know that now both jumpers from my car went to possitve on his car, so i got in my car and turned the key, but everything was completely dead. like there was 0 Volt on my battery :O
Jumped out and noticed that the one he should have connected to negative on his battery, was on the possitive.
I told him and he switched it around, then everything was fine, my car started up, and it looks like no damage was done.
My question is, in that situation what actually happens. does that just drain my battery, how does the power flow when both possitive and negative from my car are connected to possitive one his car?
All i know is that the jumper that went from my negative to his possitive got very hot *ouch*
Thanks in advance
Today i pulled into a gas station, stopped mt car, when i got out again and tried it start, it was low on battery, so it would not start.
Asked some guy to jump start me, and he agreed to do so.
Pulled out my jumpers and connected them to my battery. he opened his hood and connected the positive to some positive connection on his engine, and then connected the negative to (what he thought was the negative on his battery, but was really possitive).
I did not know that now both jumpers from my car went to possitve on his car, so i got in my car and turned the key, but everything was completely dead. like there was 0 Volt on my battery :O
Jumped out and noticed that the one he should have connected to negative on his battery, was on the possitive.
I told him and he switched it around, then everything was fine, my car started up, and it looks like no damage was done.
My question is, in that situation what actually happens. does that just drain my battery, how does the power flow when both possitive and negative from my car are connected to possitive one his car?
All i know is that the jumper that went from my negative to his possitive got very hot *ouch*
Thanks in advance