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> Hot battery cables with New battery, what's a possible cause?
no1uno
post Jan 2 2013, 08:36 PM
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I'm trying to help my father get a project 914 started. It hasn't been started in a year. We tried to install a new battery over the weekend. First, we installed the positive terminal. When we went to install the negative terminal there was a larger than usual pop/spark and a sizzling sound. Within seconds, it began to smell and the battery cables themselves got very hot. It's as if there is high, ongoing load as soon as the negative connection is made. Any ideas? The fuses under dash look fine. The blue 25amp on engine relay board was blown. I replaced it but had the same problem. A bad ground, perhaps? What could draw so much power so quickly?

Thanks in advance for your advice.
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