Have you tried a different battery or trying to jump the car? Mike -----Original Message----- From: Soma576@xxxx [mailto:Soma576@xxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:17 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] battery sparks and no-start hey all, two questions. 1. i put my battery back in my car yesterday and as i tried to put the cables on it, the terminals sparked quite a bit. the ignition was off and i have a courtesy light override, so i don't think there should be any draw to cause sparking. any ideas? what does this mean? 2. after doing that, i tried to start my car and it wouldn't start. first i suspected a low battery. so i put a charger on it and let it charge overnight. i came back this morning and the charger was still going at about 1/2 an amp which should be fully charged, right? well i tried starting it again - same thing.