burned up my radio while welding... help?

[dmhansen]

So i was fabricating a from bumper recently and had to lay down some heavy tacks while it was on the truck. I went to crank it up at the end of the day but the battery was drained. I was told that simply disconnecting the positive terminal would work but apparently i was lied to, haha . I was also enthused to find out that my dome lights and radio dont work now eather! The fuses arent blown and i am not electrically inclined. Does anyone know what the problem might be or how i could diagnose it?

 

[Mace]

If the battery was not hooked up, it cannot be killed by welding.

 

[FZJ80ismybaby]

i agree with above post. i was welding my bumper on, gisconnected the pos. terminal, and everything was good at the end of the day

 

[inkpot]

Howdy! I'd guess that you burned/bent/loosened the neg side by accident. Try swapping batteries or put the old one on a charger to see if it takes any juice. John

 

[ohrly?]

Dont unplug your batteries and you wont have a problem when you hook them back up because you dont have to hook them back up.