Pedal not working, battery hot

[pereubu]

Hi all, sorry but just thought I'd ask a quick question before going through all the troubleshooting.
I wired it all up to a battery and input and output to test, and no sound at all, and the battery gets a little bit hot.
Does anyone know what this indicates? A short, or something specific like that? A component in the wrong way around. 
Thanks again.

[idy]

A short. Could be polarity protection diode in wrong way, could be anything, maybe a solder bridge. Could be resistor is wrong value (100ohm in place of 100k or something...)
More info would help, circuit, layout etc.

[pereubu]

Fixed a possible soldering bridge on the earth lead. Battery doesn't seem to heat now . Some intermittent sound from pedal but need to test properly tomorrow.. in bed here now!!!!

[Mark Hammer]

A hot battery means it is being asked to deliver a LOT of current in a short period.  That, in turn, means there is a VERY low resistance path between + and - on the battery.  And that can usually mean a short somewhere, or something connected the wrong way.

[duck_arse]

we had an IC in backwards last week, caused the similar problem. you will need to check your battery voltage now, it may well be ded.

[pereubu]

Got it working. That solder bridge seems to have been the problem..Thanks guys . Did a lot of reading about debugging so that's good for the next time