Check the Fuse box in the Engine Compartment (usually near the Battery), and check for a fuse box located inside the car, (eitherunder the dash, or in the Firewall - usually on Drivers Side).
Replace any and all fuses with the Appropriate rated watt-sizes, and all should be well.
Damage? More than likely. Electronic things can't accept reverse polarity. They usually blow up instantly. The headlights and other bulbs wouldn't be injured. Motors wouldn't be injured, like heater blower motor.
I have one idea. It might have injured the voltage regulator in the alternator. In that case it would have been running on the energy of the battery, but not been charging. That could explain why the car ran, and died suddenly. Put a battery charger pn the battery for 24 hours. Polarity is very important with the charger too.
Cars SHOULD have a red (+) positive cable and a black (-) negative cable. That helps in times of battery removal/replacement.
You can do minor work?? I think not. Not if you connected the battery backward. Sorry. :-(
Not possible. JetDoc is correct. This is BS. In less that 60 seconds the wiring would be smoking and the car would be instantly out of commission. Do you not have anything else to do? How about the "name" you selected for yourself? It is not a name, nor title nor much beyond a collection of letters and numbers, truly a reflection of what is rattling about in that brain you have acquired from your parents.
More than likely the alternator has been destroyed.
BULLSHIT! If you had connected your battery backwards, the car never would have started in the first place.
alternator is an easy test
BS
The car ran for two days, but on my way home from work it just died. The lights went dim and the car died. I can do minor work on my car. I've replaced the alternator before. Is that all it is?
