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Why does your negative side of the battery spark when you hook up the cable?
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∙ 9y ago
i was driving with my radio on an fog lights that put on myself an all of a sudden the car just cut completely shut off. i pulled it over an got out to open the hood an check the battery post. i check both and the negtive post began sparking, then brief moment after that smoke came up from the area were the started is located. Now there is no power no where. the battery still has some juice but no lights nothing. what could this be on a 1999 Ford Taurus sho 3.2 liter.
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