Ristin
Seaman
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2017
- Messages
- 58
Yay, our 19 month long winter is finally over and it was time to summerize the boat.
Placed the battery in the boat and proceeded to connect the leads. Positive first then negative and a big burst of sparks, huh, that's odd there shouldn't be anything active to cause sparks especially a big burst like that. Well, ok, battery cover on and secured hit the switch to raise the drive and nothing happened. Turned on ignition switch and nothing;what in the world....? Hmmmm what could it be....oh, umm I didn't actually look at the battery terminals when I connected the leads. Yup, connected the battery backwards, fortunately the electrical system is idiot resistant and the Buss AGU-50 fuse blew protecting my boat from my inattention. 30 minutes and $5 later a new fuse had the boat purring like a fat kitten next to a gallon of spilled milk.
Placed the battery in the boat and proceeded to connect the leads. Positive first then negative and a big burst of sparks, huh, that's odd there shouldn't be anything active to cause sparks especially a big burst like that. Well, ok, battery cover on and secured hit the switch to raise the drive and nothing happened. Turned on ignition switch and nothing;what in the world....? Hmmmm what could it be....oh, umm I didn't actually look at the battery terminals when I connected the leads. Yup, connected the battery backwards, fortunately the electrical system is idiot resistant and the Buss AGU-50 fuse blew protecting my boat from my inattention. 30 minutes and $5 later a new fuse had the boat purring like a fat kitten next to a gallon of spilled milk.
