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Old Nov 13, 2020 | 04:14 PM
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No power, no lights, won't start

Scratching my head on this one. I parked a couple days ago and now nothing works-- no dash/hazard lights, cranking sounds, nothing. Tried jumping the battery, no luck.

The cables to the terminal look fine. Everything seems to be connected.

Any ideas?

Battery fuse? Another fuse?
 

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Old Nov 13, 2020 | 05:27 PM
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The first thing I would suspect is corrosion between the battery positive terminal and the battery cable. The corrosion could be there but not readily observable. I would pull both battery cables off and clean the battery posts and inside both battery cable ends and then reinstall the cables. If power is not restored, use a multimeter and check for battery voltage. You need to be in the 12-13 volt range. If that checks out, look for a good ground from the neg side battery cable to where it bolts to the body to ground it. If still no power. tug a little on the positive battery cable and make sure the connection to the starter is tight.

Remember that if you left your headlights on for instance, over 2 days you may have drained the battery down so far in power, that a jump start may not work, or you may have pushed an already weak battery into failure ie dead cells. Report back with your findings and we can go from there.
 

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