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Old May 18, 2019 | 09:49 PM
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Battery change
I accidentally hooked my batteries up wrong and my alternator smoked. I picked up a new alt, will the batteries be ok?
 
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Old May 18, 2019 | 10:31 PM
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You should be able to test them and see. I would be more worried about the rest of the electronics on the truck, fuses, pcm, etc.
 
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Most likely batteries are ok. The fusible link should have protected them.

The rest of electrical could have been affected.
 
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I did the same and toasted the alt, batteries are still going strong 4 years later.
 
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