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95 thoughts on “Customer states: doesn’t start: melted battery! why?? electrical system fail!”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Antonio Claudio Michael says:

    I see all dash lights are flickering while your moving it to the shop @Rainman Ray's Repairs

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Veikra says:

    poor connection from stripped thread = overheating

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars erano manahan says:

    Thanks for the video

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Antonio Claudio Michael says:

    I agree Ray surprised there was no fire when the heat burned through the battery @Rainman Ray's Repairs

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Antonio Claudio Michael says:

    The hole in the battery explains the no Power lol noticed the positive was super loose on the terminal @Rainman Ray's Repairs

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Scotty Bear says:

    Lose connection is probably the issue the melting is caused from 60 cycle vibration because of lose connection

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris Mefford says:

    Worse thing on a electrical system is a loose or bad connection it will cause mayhem I had a dodge that burnt two headlight switches completely down not one fuse blew it ended up being the ground wire was to small to carry the the amps draw from the headlights fog lights park lights would work till the very end then they would go out . I replaced the ground wire to the switch with a bigger gauge wire an stopped that problem . But when you bought the switch to replace it it came with the new plug so they knew they had a issue with the switches to supply a new plug to wire in to it .

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rick Allen says:

    Ray fixed it because he tightened the nuts ,

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregory Fairchild says:

    Ray, 2018 Silverado.
    Common bad braided ground straps from frame to body, wheel well areas.
    Causing electric power steering voltage drop, stiffness on quick turns of the wheel.
    Causes low ground high resistance between frame & body. Anything grounded on the frame will be affected
    Trailer brake assist voltage drop sets cel when turning steering wheel bc steering draws a lot of amps.
    If braided ground straps are green,,, replace them with short battery type shielded cables

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Moon Moon says:

    It appears that battery did indeed die hard.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Moon Moon says:

    Oh, Ray; you’d be proud of me. I replaced my battery terminals the other day with good solid brass ones, gave everything a thorough clean. My negative terminal was loose despite being as tight as they’d go, causing various electrical issues. All better now, and looking great! Happy to send you a photo if you want!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars nitrous07me says:

    As a Chevrolet tech I’ve seen people leave those nuts loose on the battery distribution block & causing it to melt & I’ve also seen the stud on the alternator wire melt as well, hope this helps ray

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Teri and TL Stanbro says:

    Not only did this DUI cost this person $10-$12,000 plus your mechanic fees plus the idiot that wired this crap probably, I sure hope they take it back there and stick them with this bill

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 4x4Scout says:

    All it takes is one guy changing the battery that has no idea how to clean contacts and how tight to tighten the bolts. I've seen that happen and there was no other component failure. Just some diyer afraid to tighten the nuts and bolts enough.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Teri and TL Stanbro says:

    Freaking breathalyzer freaks are the worst they hodgepodge one of my wife’s cars also had radio problems defroster problems remote control not starting what bunch of fucking wire geeks

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars immrnoidall says:

    It's part of the new OUI breathalyzer system. The person that took it out, leaves the nuts loose so you truck burns down and you can't drive drunk anymore. safety first.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars james isom says:

    anyone else notice radio was going nuts

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars GrenPara says:

    Good video but in 12min area when you tested with multimeter why did you not test other lines for shorts to each other and to ground?

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Royce Murphy says:

    Once I got battery acid in my eye, which hurt, A LOT. lifting the busted battery out towards teh camera, I flinched lol.

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bushtrail Freedom says:

    💪🏼🤘👌🏼

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chipper246 says:

    Loose wires cause fires.

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars REPENTHISRETURNISNEAR!! says:

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6
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    For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; – 1 Timothy 2:5
    “For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23
    From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand – Matthew 4:17

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  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Edge says:

    Just a curios novice. Would a dry battery cause the alternator to overheat the battery terminal?

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robbo Ironink says:

    Decades ago, I had a 66 Impala SS with a 454. It needed a new battery, so I went to my local speed shop and the guy gave me the correct battery and I swapped it out in the parking lot. The first thing I did before putting the cables on the battery was check the hot cable on the starter ( the car was so heavily cammed that sometimes I thought the car was going to shake itself apart ) the cable was tight and I checked the ground to make sure it was tight, it was, so I hooked up the cables to the battery and it fired right up. Six hours later I was driving to my girlfriends house and half way there the battery exploded. There was a small fire and I put it out with one of my extinguishers ( I always carry two, one in the car, the other in the trunk ) someone called 911 and the firefighters checked it over and sprayed a chemical onto the engine, the underside of the hood, and the entire engine bay. This stuff neutralized the battery acid and everything it came into contact with. It scared the shit out of me. I have no idea what happened. The fire guys and a couple of cops who are car guys thought maybe it was leaking hydrogen gas and boom. I don’t know if this has happened to you Ray, or any of your viewers, please let me know what might have caused it. From that point on I’ve always been wary and extremely cautious handling a battery.

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars traildad604 says:

    ok hold up, why is there this strange terminal box on top of the battery? Is this a new GM truck thing? Why cant they move that stuff elsewhere, seems like it makes a simple battery change a lot harder…?

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bigboxes says:

    @Rainman Ray's Repairs Why is that battery so inaccessible way in the back? You shouldn't have to shoehorn it in and pry it out. Why design it that way?

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Lunas Eclipse says:

    Pull the fuse block

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryan S says:

    If the battery terminals are not tight or installed correctly it can cause overheating

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars voldem0rt says:

    You got pretty arms and handsss for a hairy bear.

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars kingofda playazball says:

    Thank you for your videos. My family's mechanic was a very close friend, and unfortunately he is no longer with us, but the silver lining behind that is now my family and I watch Rainman Ray's videos. You help fill a gigantic void in my nephew's life, and for that I can't thank you enough.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mark H says:

    Hey I’ve seen a few mechanics video but for some reason yours stands out in the field, love your style

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff Tiberend says:

    I'm pressed with Ray driving the truck into the shop with the hood up.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Marty's 4x4 says:

    How can we go on without knowing the mileage? 🙂

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Marty's 4x4 says:

    hey…. Ron White… satellites linking up…. Tater Salad…

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bbodinefan11 says:

    Chevy things.

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars El Ultimo says:

    OMG, there is too much junk to go wrong. I wish they made '65s.

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dave Howe says:

    Mr. RainMan,Very interesting, another fine job by verifying technician excellent.

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Donald Desnoo says:

    looks like a poor design as power steering uses lots amps the block looks wimpy 🥴 see comment below

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JO65 says:

    Un-boxing videos get the most views

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joseph Brown says:

    I'm just here for your algorithm

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jim's relaxing life says:

    another great video thank you for sharing have a great day and God Bless

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Riley says:

    Yelling at my phone its the chassis earth strap. Only vibration will reveal.

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dapper Dave says:

    Humm…a short or an unintended low impedance connection?

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ted Groves says:

    No paper floormat oh my God I’m never taking my car there

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric Atkinson says:

    Like a rock.

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BillFromAZ says:

    Why don't tow truck drivers always put the dead vehicle in so that the front is forward out of the parking spot?

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eduardo Flores says:

    Gloves ???

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eduardo Flores says:

    Fire retardent battery housing no like old batteries from 80s back.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vincent Risalvato says:

    HOW I WISH I COULD FIND A MACHNIC LIKE U HERE IN DALLAS TX, IM SO TIRED OF GETTING SCREWED….

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DrMGomezJr says:

    good job…

  51. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Oliver Goncalves says:

    Ray, might be resistance build up in the cable….that looks like the alternator cable no??

  52. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nick Malone says:

    If battery shorted wouldnt alternator charging go to max amperage

  53. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Stathakos says:

    "Bouncing around in my cranium" couldn't ask for better comedic timing.

  54. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DrMGomezJr says:

    Suggestion: Dont wear your ring when working on electricity…your finger could "melt" right off,,,I witnessed that when I was a mechanic in the Air Force…A fellow mechanic lost his finger when he accidentallt touched a wire…

  55. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jim Schuyler says:

    why were distribution blocks made, a battery is 12 volts and if its altered it tends to get angry with a FIREy temper.

  56. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars OK Boomer says:

    It was a shame they fried that battery. There was a date sticker on the side that said 06/22. It was only 2 months old.

  57. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Seymour says:

    Looked like to me, that it was a roadside jump gone bad..customers don't always tell the whole story

  58. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sea Potatoes says:

    Had a similar truck button start and then the battery went off like a bomb… After that Im a bit reluctant to stand over them.

  59. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David says:

    A Magicjack melted on me once

  60. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bryan tichota says:

    I'd say to bypass that whole thing try a longer bolts on the battery post

  61. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bryan tichota says:

    That's a massive recall for fires waiting to happen you're putting a lit fuse on a hydrogen bomb AKA your battery when it's charging

  62. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen McReynolds says:

    Willing to bet they didn't replace the battery when first block melted. And then it probably had acid and whatever else splashing on it and melted the second one.

  63. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Everdream Just Plays says:

    maybe they installed those cables in the wrong spots…twice? lol

  64. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Micah Hill says:

    I think when they put the new fuse block on the bolts came a loose causing arcing and excessive heat.

  65. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bill says:

    I LOVE THE ELECTRICAL VLOG!

  66. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Aaron Williams says:

    I would have cleared the debris near the battery given that things melted down the first time to reduce the fire risk.

  67. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars rob pierce says:

    Not sure. Thinking possibly garden gnomes having a campfire? Would look for chocolate or marshmallow residue amongst the burned materials. The fact that this mysteriously happened twice kind of leaves no other explanation except, well maybe witchcraft or voodoo. Be careful, Ray.

  68. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Merrill Schaps says:

    I'm thinking someone melted the first board when they installed the battery and didn't disconnect the battery when they installed the second board on top of the battery.

  69. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pete d says:

    Another Needless repair expense for this customer created by the inexperienced. Thankfully for them Ray's effected a proper fix without knowing it's certain cause. Just dealing with this battery replacement is a 1-2 hr deal. Sum also have reinforcement struts that must not be discarded. The motor in this 'Rado is great. The rest of it, not as much.
    Does anyone need all these trinkets . Most seem designed to justify the 1st home type price and increase chances for expensive fixes before the avg note's paid.

  70. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Doug Kelley says:

    I wonder if they left one of those hi Amp wires loose and it arcing

  71. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David says:

    owner of the truck probably rigged a bypass on the ignition interlock so he she could continue to drink and drive and murder people

  72. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars M H says:

    Why did it fail the first time? There has to be more to the story.

  73. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steven Kelley says:

    I am not any near to being a mechanic! I absolutely hate working on cars! With that being stated my opinion is that when they removed the intoxilock (sp) they didn't do it right and burned up the parts and battery. When they replaced the parts they put everything back the was it was, not the right way and burned up the 2nd part also and then gave up! This is only my opinion like I said but it makes sense. Great videos Ray! Please keep them coming.

  74. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nigel Wright says:

    I would have checked old battery for low volts as alternator would put out a lot of amps if a battery voltage cell was shorted. Otherwise bad connections will arc and cause a lot of heat.

  75. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brennan Reidy says:

    Just more proof that those ignition interlock things are completely unreliable and dangerous for your vehicle. However the jurisdiction (whereever it may be) doesn't give two shits. These pieces of shit malfunction constantly, yet people are charged 80-100 dollars a month for "maintenance." It's all a load of shit, the morons installing them have no idea what they're doing, and then we end up with situations like this one.

    The public continues to get bent over by shitty government programs.

  76. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars JIM P says:

    those nuts are not oem nuts and looks like stripped out caused bad connection which caused heat. good video

  77. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris S says:

    Maybe the secondary meltage is from them piggy backing like you did to test.

  78. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jack Tomas says:

    They wires may have been installed loose?

  79. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Harry W. Hill says:

    Anyone ever tell you that you sound like Mike Rowe?

  80. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars G Sauve says:

    i really like the detail in the way you work. also the way you say…. do be do be do be do. lol. I've been doing it too lately. gary from Orleans Ontario.

  81. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars richard cranium says:

    a proper volt drop test will show any bad connections. short of that (pun intended) high amp draw. the plastic there is a bad design. all they would have to do is use a shouldered bolt so the shoulder actually clamps the connectors not having a plastic sandwich. bean counters strike again

  82. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thebeast insideU says:

    Wow, 4K and HRD looks so nice, Please do more video in this format.

  83. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sabastian Gabrielle says:

    Anything but people using turn signals.

  84. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Patterson says:

    Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

  85. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joe Schmohe from Simcoe says:

    What if the interlock killed the battery and an amateur tries a jump-start. If he has no experience with fuse blocks on the battery, he may have sent angry pixies down the wrong path and got things heated up. Or perhaps the driver needed to get the car going but was out of breath 😉 so he jumped past the interlock and made smoke. Mistakes are easy and thinking is foggy when you are "Out of breath"

  86. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars D O says:

    But Ray we like unboxing videos extra treats

  87. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Douglas Hamner says:

    The heat might have been caused by a weak battery forcing the alternator to constantly full field into that distro box terminal. Hopefully the rectifier diodes are not shot in the Alternator.

  88. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shmeh Fleh says:

    Putting a distribution board that can get hot like that directly over the battery seems like an extraordinarily stupid design. If nothing else, you have to dismantle it every time you need to replace the battery.

  89. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tim Matthews says:

    If he had a breathalyzer they cut the wires and put a component that will not allow the thing to start go back to where they put it back together they did something wrong

  90. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Clements says:

    Eat your “Spinach” Ray….. lol 😂

  91. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Sean Lincolne says:

    Bad/corroded/dirty connection is likely the problem. If the connections were good, their resistance would be close to zero ohms and the power drop (and associated heat dissipation) would be close to zero. I would not rule out the possibility that someone had done some earlier maintenance (possibly on another battery block you haven't seen) and did not clean and tighten everything correctly when reassembling.

    Great video !

  92. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Peter deWolf says:

    If you say "stripe" instead of "tracer" you get a 100% improvement in verbal efficiency! hehehe…efficiency is important!

  93. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pcs0snq says:

    Didn’t the owner say something about a botched drunk breath tester removal?

  94. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rheas Hass says:

    Thank you for all of the great videos! I love your sense of humor 🤣 I find myself quoting you in my daily routine. Anyway keep up the good work.

  95. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric Johnston says:

    This vid is a prime example of me not working on vehicles. Cant pull a battery within teo minutes design is crap. Gotta lift an engine to remove plugs, idiot was in on design. I my day I could sit on a shock tower and pull plugs, carb. Few minutes have a water pump out.

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