So I was an idiot last night and forgot my keys in the 'on' position overnight :mecry:
needless to say nothing happened when I turned the key, and no lights, beeps, nada.
I go and buy a battery charger, unhook the terminals, put the positive clamp from the charger to the positive terminal, I clamp the negative bit to that metal tab right next to the battery, not on the negative terminal, as recommended.
When I plug in the charger (I tried it with both 2A-slow charge and 12A-fast charge), the charge needle is near 100% but the full charge light is not lit.
I am a little confused at this point, should't the charge be more near 0% if my car is dead? Is this car grounded via the negative terminal (the charger manual states that most cars are so that is what I followed)?
I have left it on the charger and will check on it later but I have a bad feeling that I screwed up something else... Road side assistance on labour day weekend, yeah right....
Any ideas?
EDIT: I think I may be SOL since the charger I am using needs to 'see' at least 4 volts to start charging per their FAQ
needless to say nothing happened when I turned the key, and no lights, beeps, nada.
I go and buy a battery charger, unhook the terminals, put the positive clamp from the charger to the positive terminal, I clamp the negative bit to that metal tab right next to the battery, not on the negative terminal, as recommended.
When I plug in the charger (I tried it with both 2A-slow charge and 12A-fast charge), the charge needle is near 100% but the full charge light is not lit.
I am a little confused at this point, should't the charge be more near 0% if my car is dead? Is this car grounded via the negative terminal (the charger manual states that most cars are so that is what I followed)?
I have left it on the charger and will check on it later but I have a bad feeling that I screwed up something else... Road side assistance on labour day weekend, yeah right....
Any ideas?
EDIT: I think I may be SOL since the charger I am using needs to 'see' at least 4 volts to start charging per their FAQ