Hi all,

Daughters Ex (and good lad) has just passed his test and has got
himself a Corsa from a dealer as per title (his Mum helped with funds,
Dad not about etc).

He's not started driving it yet but I've just found out he flattened
the battery with the interior light and a 12V cleaner.

An Uncle helped him get the battery off and he charged it indoors for
12 hours on an auto charger.

I had offered to lend him a hand putting it back on (and suggested he
get a basic tool set and HBOL) but 'a neighbour' offers to help and
between them manage to get the battery on back_to_front. ;-(

Apparently they didn't fully connect it up backwards, luckily the
sparks put them off!

He did start it after they fitted the battery correctly but it
wouldn't turn over later that day.

It could be that it's just got a ****e battery (I'll test it
tomorrow) but what is the chance of them damaging something and if so
what please? I guess the EMU is ok (as it started / ran) but I wasn't
sure about alternator regulator / diodes etc?

Cheers,

T i m