Topic: Battery Polarity

[1Hotboss]

Well, my battery in one of my cars died, so my wife decided to charge it and she reversed the cables  so when I went to check on it I noticed it, so now I am assuming the polarity of the battery will be reversed...is the battery now junk or is there something I can do to reverse it back

Thanks

[jwc66k]

- so my wife decided to charge it and she reversed the cables  - so now I am assuming the polarity of the battery will be reversed...is the battery now junk or is there something I can do to reverse it back

I'm surprised that there wasn't an explosion, or possibly the charger has a tripped circuit breaker. Batteries only work one way, the positive terminal is the positive terminal. You now have what is commonly known as a "battery core".
Jim

[Bob Gaines]

My battery tenders have a breaker that shuts of the unit it the polarity is crossed that my be what happened as Jim explained. In any event lucky for no explosion.