twiztid122790

I own a 92' Prelude Si, of course, and I tried to to jump my brothers car. As soon as we got the cable connected from my battery to his, his alternator belt and fan jumped a few times, after it stopped we tried to start his truck and it clicked by didn't turn over, then we noticed smoke and saw that the cables melted to my bumper. The whole cable melted and wires stuck out. Has anone ever experienced this before, or do you know what happened?

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1992 Honda Prelude Si

h22jdmvtec

there wasnt a good enough connection between the batterys.

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1995 Civic Sedan-Bought 06-06-06, Sold 05-08-09
1999 Prelude Base-Bought 05-23-2008, Sold-21-09
2001 Dodge Ram 1500-Bought 10-22-2009-Current.

Kronn 98SH

It sounds like you put one set of cables on backwards.

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1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip
1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold

twiztid122790

no i dont think its that, we connected the negatives to the negatives and positives to positives, but it was the negative cable that melted.

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1992 Honda Prelude Si

G_Loc

What do you mean by: "his alternator belt and fan jumped a few times"??

Could be:
- Cheap or old cables
- Jumper cable shorted out somewhere. Possibly on the frame, between the 2 cables, or on a bumper (if his truck has a metal bumper)

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twiztid122790

The fan started irratically moving slowly

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1992 Honda Prelude Si

G_Loc

On its own? With the truck off? uh lol

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l33tn3wb3r

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