I was just working on my project car, leaned over the engine bay and put my weight on the fender where the battery is. A groaning noise started which I attributed to the suspension settling under my weight, but it just kept going. I got off the car and listened and it was coming from the battery. It's like the sound when you slowly lean back in a creaky office chair, but constant and not changing in frequency. The battery is connected to the car, there's no keys in the ignition but opening the hood does draw power for the under-hood light. I sat there watching it for a couple minutes and the groaning noise didn't stop so I unplugged the battery and it immediately ceased.
What the fuck? Is the battery gonna explode on me next time I use it? It still holds a charge and runs the car fine.
bump, pls i don't want to die in an acid explosion and ensuing car fire
Brandon Parker
yeah ur gonna die sorry senpai
Noah Bailey
But he doesn't want to die painfully is what he is saying.
Noah Lewis
I put on eye protection and welding gloves and plugged it back in, it immediately started with the noise again, and loud. I'm freakin out man.
Jackson Sanders
its cancer rip
Press F to pay respects
Lucas Gray
>it was coming from the battery are you sure?
Lincoln Mitchell
definitely. another description of the sound could be like a simmering pot with the lid on.
Juan Collins
get a new one and fire the old one out of a trebuchet as far away from you as possible
Jose Rodriguez
record it, make a webm, post.
sounds interesting really, wouldn't know what the hell that is.
Adam Long
Does the battery heat up as well?
Aiden Howard
I'm not touching that shit more than I have to gimme a minute
Jayden Ramirez
sounds like its definetly arching somewhere, which means you have frayed cables in da engine bay, or some ground went loose. idk, that seems like the most reasonable explanation to it
Eli Bell
The latest update to my phone seems to have fucked file transfer so youtube will have to suffice.
holy shit that is fucking spooky. Try measuring the power from the battery if you have an Ampere meter.
That is definitely something wrong with the actual battery and not your car or cabling.
Hunter Ross
hmm that sounds like an arching thats resonating inside some sort of metal comparment capable of such thing, like maybe a thin piece of panel or some shit like that. By the unexisting spark when plugging the terminal in looks like not much power is being dragged.
Sounds like you have to man up and plug your nearest cheap hazard freight multimeter (Remember, plug one of the ends of the tester to the battery and the other to the positive cable, so series it is (Not paralell, this will fuck up your current meter)) and measure current to actually know how fucked up that is
Jace Rivera
>plug one of the ends of the tester to the battery and the other to the positive cable wut
John Ramirez
you don't need leather gloves for that my dude, you're too shitty of a ground for it to light you up, and so as long as you don't touch both terminals
Caleb Collins
I'd quite honestly throw that battery out - you dont wanna be fucking around with those things when they start to make noises
Mason King
Would it be arcing inside the battery itself? It's a few years old. But they're full of metal plates that would make that resonating sound right?
It's more protection from burns or shrapnel. Batteries leak hydrogen when shit goes south and a spark can light it up.
Brayden Jenkins
like dis
Red terminal to the engine, Black terminal to tester.
Remember to plug the multimeter's red cable to the 10 AVDC or 10 AMPS DC or some shit like that.
And if you're still doubting, wikihow itt my negro
Jason Myers
So you're saying to basically install the multimeter between the battery's negative terminal and the car's body (ground)?
Andrew Moore
pic related 4chinz not attaching
na my dude more like an arching inside the engine bay in maybe a thin piece of metal or some shit. If it was inside the battery it would sound more deadened like
Julian Scott
The sound quality from my phone's mic is trash, in real life it sounds like it's coming from inside the battery. I moved my head all around the engine bay and that is the physical source of the noise.
Dominic Robinson
now considering it again, could be arching inside like you sez
discard what i said before and ditch that bitch out the way like said
Camden Reed
Shouldn't the red multimeter cable be on the battery and the black multimeter cable be on ground? The reading would be a negative number on your setup.
Jaxson Baker
yea but a negative reading is the same as a positive with a minus in front of it aint it senpai
James Nelson
but why hook it up backwards if you could hook it up right
Lincoln Carter
what the fuck. that's one of the weirdest things i've seen yet on a vehicle. and thanks for the post.
Jaxon Walker
Because it accomplishes the same result as you said nigger
Alexander Ramirez
Well fuck this thing I'm just gonna get a new one tomorrow. If my garage is burned down tomorrow morning I'll be very disappointed.
