[TR] what is going on?????

[dave]

We bought a car a few months ago (an 88 jeep actually).  Wasn't running or
driving, needed some work, battery was dead.

 

Today we finally got it running and driving using a known good battery from
another car.

 

Set the jeep's battery up on a charger a day or two ago and decided to try
it in the jeep after all we succeeded in getting it running and driving.

 

Hooked up the positive first, then touching the negative caused a spark!!!!

 

Double checked that we had the ground to the engine and the positive to the
electrical system.

 

The multimeter, with the red on the positive terminal and the black on the
negative, read -9.97

 

Reversed it and got 9.97.

 

Checked the good battery - no, the multimeter is not broken.

 

Checked the jeep's old battery again, same results.  Good battery - same
results (about 12.97)

 

What is going on????  how is this possible?  Yes, we are replacing the
battery but if someone had told me this story I would have told him he must
have mixed up the terminals, that its not possible.

 

Can anyone explain this to me?

 

And yes, we are replacing the battery

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