What causes battery terminal to smoke?
What causes battery terminal to smoke? Smoke is usually a sign of a loose connection. I agree either a loose or very corroded connection making a poor contact causing excessive resistance. Resistance causes heat. A bad cable can cause this condition too. What does it mean when your battery terminals get hot? The biggest reason a battery terminal or connection would get hot is the connection is loose. That along with the high amount of power it is using to try and start will make it get very hot. The terminals on a lead acid battery can even melt from...