What Happens When You Put Battery Cables On Backwards. Tripped ckt breaker which connected between the solenoid and the rectifier. When you hook it up backwards you have a short circuit.

Battery was hooked up BACKWARDS. If not lucky you blew a fuse and fried the igntion module. Simply so what happens when battery cables are put on the wrong post.
If not lucky you blew a fuse and fried the igntion module.
The battery should be OK but some of your electronics would be fried. A series of chemical reactions will initiate the production of hydrogen. The battery should be OK but some of your electronics would be fried. You decided to change the car battery but accidentally put the cables backward.

