Dead electrics

[Albert Herring]

(warning: contains gross stupidity)

OK, so in a fit of inattention while I was refitting the battery after taking it out for charging* I managed to briefly connect the battery terminals the wrong way round. Naturally, something went phut and now I have a dead, or at least dormant, bike (a 2000 boxeye 600, for reference). With the battery refitted the not-bloody-stupid way round, turning the ignition on has no effect at all - in fact, there is no circuit between the battery terminals with the ignition key inserted and turned to on. No dashboard lights or LCDs, no fuel pump tick, no nothing (which sort of follows logically from the above, I guess).

All fuses in the fuse box and the big 30A one tested and OK. Battery producing 13.4V

So, any suggestions as to which bits am I most likely to have fried, and how I should test them? Big relay under the left hand side cover next to what I think is the flasher relay? That black box under the toolkit that I've never actually identified? ECU? Something else? I didn't really notice where the phut came from but at a pinch I'd say to the right of the battery compartment somewhere.

* Needed charging because of a separate bit of stupidity, but not a relevant one as far as I can tell

Signed, A. Numpty

[His Dudeness]

double check the fuses and make sure the battery terminals are tight

[Deefer666]

Fuse on the starter solenoid?

[Geordi Sussex]

There are 2 fuses on the starter solenoid under plastic covers and one inline one 

Failing that I had a issue with the plugs that were located under the tank
The one from the ignition barrel shorted out and killed everything

[Albert Herring]

Ah, Cheers Geordi, - I hadn't spotted the second 30A fuse that is a bit hidden behind the connector there - I'd checked the accessible one which was fine but that one had blown. Cross fingers...

OK, so it appears that in fact the accessible fuse (on the front side of the solenoid nearer the battery) is just a spare. Stuck it in on the other side, and everything works! Yay etc.

Now I can go back to trying not to blow anything up while installing an intercom. Or possibly just go and do something safer, like riding the thing

[Dave48]

Don't forget to buy a spare fuse & put it in the solenoid holder!

[Albert Herring]

Two (I blew one of the 20A ones at an earlier stage of proceedings). Or a small mixed bag of them, probably. It's on the list of things of things to do once I've resolved the problems caused by doing something almost as stupid to my internet connection/LAN settings.

[Geordi Sussex]

No probs.
that's what we're here for

I didn't know one of the solenoid ones was a spare
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