04-29-2018, 05:48 PM
Hi mate, three things;
1 when working on electrics on the bike always disconnect the NEGATIVE battery terminal first, ( that is safe because the negative is already connected to the frame so it does not matter if you touch the frame with the tool,) not the red positive, and connect the negative last after the job is finished, that way you never produce expensive sparks.
if the negative terminal is safely disconnected you can touch any connection on the bike and nothing can happen, if you were to disconnect the positive with the negative connected you run a high risk of touching a part of the frame and causing a short circuit.
2 nothing must be connected between the battery poles and the surfaces of the starter cables, no washers or anything, very high currents flow between the battery terminals and the cables.
any additional connections must be made directly under the bolt heads of the terminals which only provide mechanical force to clamp the contact surfaces together ( and the stainless screws are poor electrical conductors for high currents ).
I have seen steel washers installed in between terminals that glowed orange very quickly, it is called spot-welding.
3 if you disconnect the negative battery cable and turn the key on is the click still there? ( i did watch the video)
It took me a while to understand why it is necessary to disconnect negative instead of positive but i got it in the end.
Like the work you do on the bike and have the enjoyment out of it, looks very tidy with the fuse in line; max
1 when working on electrics on the bike always disconnect the NEGATIVE battery terminal first, ( that is safe because the negative is already connected to the frame so it does not matter if you touch the frame with the tool,) not the red positive, and connect the negative last after the job is finished, that way you never produce expensive sparks.
if the negative terminal is safely disconnected you can touch any connection on the bike and nothing can happen, if you were to disconnect the positive with the negative connected you run a high risk of touching a part of the frame and causing a short circuit.
2 nothing must be connected between the battery poles and the surfaces of the starter cables, no washers or anything, very high currents flow between the battery terminals and the cables.
any additional connections must be made directly under the bolt heads of the terminals which only provide mechanical force to clamp the contact surfaces together ( and the stainless screws are poor electrical conductors for high currents ).
I have seen steel washers installed in between terminals that glowed orange very quickly, it is called spot-welding.
3 if you disconnect the negative battery cable and turn the key on is the click still there? ( i did watch the video)
It took me a while to understand why it is necessary to disconnect negative instead of positive but i got it in the end.
Like the work you do on the bike and have the enjoyment out of it, looks very tidy with the fuse in line; max