Touching Positive And Negative Battery Cables

Anybody ever heard of resetting the computer by disconnecting the positive battery lead and touching it off on the negative battery terminal.

Touching positive and negative battery cables.

Then reconnect the cables to the battery and the system. Fasten the joined cables as far away from the battery as possible. Even after your battery is removed touching the 2 terminals together with out even having any source of power you will even create a small spark draining what s left. In a clean bucket mix a thin solution of lukewarm water and baking soda.

Touching the negative and positive battery cables together for about 30 seconds to clear the check engine light depending on what s made it come on and to also kinda of reset the sporadic electrical issues ones car may have. Mix the cleaning solution. Jumper cables are universally color coded red for positive and black for negative. Touching both the positive and negative will discharge what ever remaining power is in the ecu.

In any circuit external to a battery direct current flows from the positive post of the battery through the circuit and back to the negative post. Are these myths or does it actually work. This lasted a while. To understand what happens when battery cables touch you need to know about the flow of electric current.

Remove the positive and negative battery cables connect them to each other and secure them with electrical tape. The honda service manager told me it s best to disconnect both cables touch the ends together and that drains all remaining electricity out of the system. The current not the movement of electrons then moves back. I had a guy tell me that this car learns the driving habits of the operator and i may need to reset the computer by doing this.

Also the ground or negative cable should not be touching anything metal while the positive cable is hooked up. The car is an 03 v70 2 4l non turbo and it is running poorly. When attaching the battery cables place the positive cable on first and then the ground cable. The complex electronic systems of modern vehicles can also be destroyed by reversed polarity.

Attach one end of the positive red jumper cable to the positive terminal of the dead battery. The one solution was to disconnect the negative cable from the battery then reconnect it in about two minutes. Mixing up the jumper cables or touching the cable ends together can damage the vehicle and potentially cause personal injury. Put on your safety glasses and protective gloves.