battery/fuses

[dee]

mate changed his battery on his range rover(get him) went to start it up and blew all the main fuses, we changed them but its still dead as a dodo any ideas would b helpful. thanks in advance.

 

[murz]

Dee, if he put the battery in the wrong way round more then likley he'll have blown the alternator as well and this is why it might be dead.

 

[dee]

cheers murz il give him a bell and c if he did that.

 

[moh]

dee123 i would start by checking the main battery fuse its normally around a 75 amp.this would be the first to go (normaly)

 

[homesick]

could he have the power possiblly ground out?

 

[iluvendo]

Any fusible links and if so, have they been checked ?

 

[dee]

he got the battery the rong way round the plank, got away with a 75 amp fuse. very lucky as he was looking at £200 4for a new alternator.

 

[moh]

glad it got sorted dee

 

[dee]

not as glad as he is he`s off swinging this weekend lol. cheers moh.

 

[cactikid]

diy plonker,dont ask him to wire up a 13amp plug lol.

 

[homesick]

diy plonker,dont ask him to wire up a 13amp plug lol.

thinking about giving him a ring, need a 220 installed in the basement.

 

[Kiri]

If the problem only started when the engine was cranked , it is likely a Main cable on starter after the solenoid (check glow plug wiring also), reverse polarity would be an instant problem and you'd notice it immediately. Sometimes fuse-links are used instead of H/D fuses.

 

[cactikid]

always note position of cables and where pos and neg are as the old rule red is pos no longer applies as ground cables can be read also [ plonkers ] and if you need to hammer on ground connection,you are putting it on + connection which is larger.