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Today during my transition between work and school I parked in my driveway and went inside to get my school bag. No more than a minute after I turned off my Cougar I went to start it up again and got the clicking sound of low voltage. My stock battery had finally died. I jumped in my truck and went to school, then headed to CostCo for an Optima Red Top battery. I have been planning on getting one for quite some time now, but found myself excited that I bought it because I actually needed it instead of just wanting it. My neighbor saw me installing it so we started talking shop and I got distracted enough to connect the battery wrong. We were treated to a bright flash and some ozone. Fortunately my front fuse blew and saved my Cougar, otherwise I would have had a fairly fried engine computer. Moral of the story: don't get distracted when working with high amperage equipment.