Battery Disaster

[Jaws]

hi all.new to this and first time posting but all help will be greatly appreciated.

my own stupidity is why im asking for help.i have a 2002 is 200 se.over the last month or so the Battery has been dying on me,and today when i went to start it,nothing.not a thing so decided i`ve put this off long enough,time to get a Battery.so to get to the suppliers i obviously had to jump it.this is where the problem begins!

I connected the leads as per usual and was surprised when they started sparking,so i double checked that i had connected them properly.i had.so i thought.problem is im colour blind and thought red was going to red but it was`nt.tri3d starting it.turned over,but nothing.tried again,the same.third time,nothing.absolutly nothing.knew something was wrong straight away.so anyway got to the bottom of it eventually,got a new Battery,checked the fuse box next to the Battery and 3 fuses were gone so changed them,and alas the car started.but this is the problem.now the lights dont work,well when i say dont work,the spots dont or the auto,indicators dont work but hazards do,wipers dont work,inside illumination of the dials dont work,heated seats,traction radio nothing.

Im at a total loss guys,have i done some serious damage?as i said any help would be greatly appreciated.thanks for listening to my long winded story.

Awaiting your reply.

[Abbas]

Have you checked all other fuses?

[lexynik]

AS ABOVE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

check two chunky fusible links on far left of fusebox under bonnet and all fuses there and in other two footwell fuseboxes

[Jaws]

thanks guys.i`ll get on it today and let

ye know how i got on.cheers again

[Jaws]

i changed another couple of fuses but the 120 amp alternator one is gone too and its a pain to remove.a friend of mine whos a mechanic and owns an is200 reckons that i could have blown the alternator too.hes gonna take a look at it for me.pain in the arse.

[Rob]

If you own your own jump leads and are colour blind why dont you write RED and BLACK on them. Sparking is quite normal when connecting leads as you have electron flow.

[BRUC3]

Someone doen this recently on the Lotus forums, and he ended up frying the ECU...

He had similar problems with some electrics working, and others not so could be bad news...?

May be worth taking it to a decent independant and seeing what they say!

Hope its an easy fix none the less,

Bruce