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How Do I repair a motorcycle where the battery was connected to the wrong terminal? |
So I made a bonehead move and connected the positive and negative terminals backwards. Now the bike will no longer turn on...How can I figure out the extent of the damage? | Thanks. Check the fuses check the fuses and hope to God that one of them is blown and cut the power, otherwise you may well have fried the ecu (if its a modern bike) You don't say what kind of bike. Most have a fusible link in line with the positive battery terminal somewhere. Or a big fuse in a plastic holder in line on the cable. Either way chances are you only blew that fuse. Let us know what kind of bike if that don't get you anywhere. should have fried the main fuse or a lot of time it fry relays. kind of bike would help Well, if it makes you feel any better, I've been around bikes for a bit but still managed to short out the battery on my BMW 800 with a dropped spanner. The battery was totally scrap even after a few days on an optimate. The best it could hold was 3 volts. 拢70 and a new battery later, I connected it up to the bike and... nothing. I checked the fuses and two had blown including the main 10amp one. I replaced the fuses and it fired up no problem. No other damage. (It's an old bike with no electronics like an ECU!) Hope you are as lucky when you replace the fuse(s). In my case, the fuse could not protect the battery from the dead short of a spanner across the terminals. In your case, the fuse will have blown and protected everything including the battery. If you fix the fuse and the bike wants to start but can't, try charging the battery. (preferablly with a trickle charger or optimate) Fingers crossed! Call yourself Lucky ???????!!!!!!!! Hopefully you only damaged fuses and relays. Replace them, cross your fingers and you should be fine. |
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