Today after driving around all day and then stopping at the gas station , one of the bateries in my 24v HJ60 blew the top right off of it when I went to start her back up. Now this is something i have never had happen before and was wondering if anyone has any idea what might have caused this to happen
Also upon hooking up a new battery i noticed that on the right side batt. the cables are normal red to positive and black to neg. but on the left they are hooked up red to negative and black to positive . Now i know this isnt the problem because if it was originally hooked up that way it had to be right since i have been driving the rig for a year now with no problems - but to be sure i just used the new battery i bought just to complete the circuit and start the rig then i disconnected the red lead (hooked to the neg term.) and drove home
On the drive 1st i had no electical power at all then it kicked in - all the gauges and lights and such worked the voltage gauge even said 24v then as i started up the bumpy dirt road to my house all the gauges dropped and i then had no electrical again - but the truck still hauled ass all the way back up the hill - but when i got home the truck now would not shut off - i guess it needs electical power to kill the engine so i shut it off manually.
So thats my story and i am hoping that i can just hook up this new battery and get back to normal but the reason i did not do that at first is because i did not want to risk just blowing up another battery if the problem lies elsewhere like the alternator or voltage regulator
I was hoping someone had some input
give thanks
B
Also upon hooking up a new battery i noticed that on the right side batt. the cables are normal red to positive and black to neg. but on the left they are hooked up red to negative and black to positive . Now i know this isnt the problem because if it was originally hooked up that way it had to be right since i have been driving the rig for a year now with no problems - but to be sure i just used the new battery i bought just to complete the circuit and start the rig then i disconnected the red lead (hooked to the neg term.) and drove home
On the drive 1st i had no electical power at all then it kicked in - all the gauges and lights and such worked the voltage gauge even said 24v then as i started up the bumpy dirt road to my house all the gauges dropped and i then had no electrical again - but the truck still hauled ass all the way back up the hill - but when i got home the truck now would not shut off - i guess it needs electical power to kill the engine so i shut it off manually.
So thats my story and i am hoping that i can just hook up this new battery and get back to normal but the reason i did not do that at first is because i did not want to risk just blowing up another battery if the problem lies elsewhere like the alternator or voltage regulator
I was hoping someone had some input
give thanks
B