balls what might I have done !

[snapper]

well bike past its mot with flying colours last week
 charged the battery all seemed fine

 next day the battery was dead
so being a clever bugger I put the bike back in the garage where I have a car battery with a set of jump leads!

popped the seat off wondered around the bike picked up the leads to conected them to the battery
 then as I conected them to the bike!  bloody mice running around in the garage , not much of a problem its only a garage ?  but we store loads in our garage along with the bike , connect up the bike turn around to try a scare the little bugger off

after about 5 seconds I'm meant with a strong smell of burning !


F0ck fock fock ! while I have been distracted I had connected the battery up the wrong way round !!



burnt my fingers but disconected it, smoke sparks like a firework display  and the smell of burning plastic !


I am fairly sure the battery if focked ! but I think it was already !  its been standing for nearly 2 months


The bike still runs and I cant see any other damage just the jump leads are now crispy  and the clips and springs are slighty deformed and no longer move !

Anything else I should check before I take it for a run ?

 and let the piss taking comence !

[slimwilly]

Yeah, try charging the mice     for causeing an affray

[slappy]

We have all done something just as stupid, thats life.
If bike is running ok and starts up ok take that as a good sign. I would visually check as much of the electrics as you can to see if there are any signs of damage.
As for the mice traps and poison, or get a jack russell!

[snapper]

visually check as much of the electrics as you can to see if there are any signs of damage.

 dont that and I couldnt see a think I am more worried about the charging side voltage regulator ect

not that I have a clue how to test them


 as for the mouse
 resently a family moved out of our road , new people have totally rebuilt there house since then
 the whole area is filled with mice , we have them in the bases of our kitchen units the floor boards the walls !

 my home seems like a since from the film  mouse hunt at times !

[slappy]

 my home seems like a since from the film  mouse hunt at times !

Hope your house doesn`t end up like the one in the filmed end up.
If you have a multimeter you can check your charging etc, or borrow one from a mate.

[snapper]

Slappy   its already well on its way !

[slimwilly]

We were given a car where the owner had done this,,it cost us £200 for an altenator,,it had been burnt out.Hope you have not done this.

[noggythenog]

It is too much of a coincidence that mice were heavily involved in this story.




Think outside the box, not your fault


Clearly


THE FOCCIN MICE SWAPPED OVER THE BATTERY TERMINALS

[snapper]

Noggy   crafty sods you may well be  right !

[snapper]

very off topic but lunch time today I was called home

the little fury fecker had chewed its way through a floor board next to a pipe !
 I had blocked this off with a little bit of tissue !

 well because that was blocked he went to the pipe next to it !!!

http://s215.photobucket.com/user/snapper_uk/media/bits%20and%20bobs/IMG_1537_zps1c672d74.mp4.html


 can some one let me know the little clip is playing I cant get it to embed !

[snapper]

well spent the next half hour tring to trick the bugger out of the hole with out any joy traps all around the room !

finally gave up and came back to work !!!

 just had a call from mrs the fecking thing just walked down the stairs !!!!!!while she is sat at her desk !!!
  it then hid in a plastic bag  and she finally manage to trap it !!!

[bludclot]

you may well have shocked your old battery back to life!


it's an old garage trick, some dead batteries respond well to being momentarily connected to a charge the wrong way round....

[AyJay]

I connected the battery the wrong way round once. It blew the main fuse but it was fine other than that.