New battery smoking

[pumpdogs]

Can somebody tell me if I fucked the terminals by looking at this picture.The wire in my hand I hooked up to positive and the wire to my right to negative with the ground wire or do they both go together on the negative terminal.

 

[Eric]

you need to track the wires down.. mark em with red & black elect tape.. the neg(grounds ) will go to the frame or any metal serface on the bike,, the pos to the starter stud. becarefull there are a few smaller wires that are important to keep up with 2.. or youll fry the ehc..

 

[pumpdogs]

I got started and then I turned it off to hook up the bunge cord to secure the battery.I restarted it and then the neg side started smoking again.I think I have a problem with those two small wires that go to the neg side.

 

[pumpdogs]

I think I got a bad battery,I put the old battery back on no smoke started up and new one back on started smoking again,I did this about 3 times with the same result.

 

[Eric]

I think I got a bad battery,I put the old battery back on no smoke started up and new one back on started smoking again,I did this about 3 times with the same result.

are the new battery terminals in the same location???just asking

 

[pumpdogs]

Yep

 

[jimizee028]

Arent you the Delaware Turn Signals GUY????????
This bike is sure having its way with you aint it??????

 

[pumpdogs]

Arent you the Delaware Turn Signals GUY????????
This bike is sure having its way with you aint it??????

Thats me,a 5 mintue job changing a battery became a 3 hour job until I realized there was a problem with the battery.I charged the old one up and said fuck it and took a long ride to clear the head with my fake tags.
Yeah I am not off to a good start owning this bike, but I still love it.

 

[chaingunner]

Thats me,a 5 mintue job changing a battery became a 3 hour job until I realized there was a problem with the battery.I charged the old one up and said fuck it and took a long ride to clear the head with my fake tags.
Yeah I am not off to a good start owning this bike, but I still love it.

Don't let it get you down! Stick with it! :2thumbs:

 

[chucktx]

dont ya have a digital volt meter????? check to make sure which terminal on the battery is pos and neg. i have seen batteries miss marked.................

 

[NascarNutCase]

Whenever I take the wires off my battery, for safe keeping and to keep things absolutely straight, I string a tie wrap through each collection of wires to make sure nothing gets mixed up by mistake.:2thumbs:

 

[pumpdogs]

They sent me a new battery and its working fine.Time to ride with my fake tags.Fuck it!!!!

 

[Trainguy]

:2thumbs:

 

[and_go]

hi pumpdogs
i am a new member. i have the same problem, too. just the other way around! the positiv connector is smoking! did you fix your problem? how did you connect the 2 small wires to the battery?
thanx

 

[woodbutcher]

not an answer to your question, just a recommendation. when removing the battery, have a couple small wire ties handy and as you remove the wires from a terminal place a wire tie around all the wires that came off that terminal before moving on to the other terminal. this way, no confusion about what goes where. doesn't help now but might in the future.

 

[Ray]

not an answer to your question, just a recommendation. when removing the battery, have a couple small wire ties handy and as you remove the wires from a terminal place a wire tie around all the wires that came off that terminal before moving on to the other terminal. this way, no confusion about what goes where. doesn't help now but might in the future.

Agrees with the woodbutcher, that is a kind of we as old farts learned from our mistakes!

:2thumbs: Ray

 

[pumpdogs]

hi pumpdogs
i am a new member. i have the same problem, too. just the other way around! the positiv connector is smoking! did you fix your problem? how did you connect the 2 small wires to the battery?
thanx

It turns out the connections were right but you need to make sure the connections are tight or it will smoke.

 

[and_go]

:bang:well... i think i fucked up! the 2 big wires are marked, one red and the other one is black. no big of a problem there. than i have 2 small wires that i back tracked. one goes to the voltage regulator (VR), and the other one goes undder the tank, toward the EHC. wich one goes to the positive and wich one goes to the negative? by the way, i don't have a ground wire hooked to my battery, do you suggest installing one?
thanks for the help
:bang: