so I figure it's a good time to swap out the battery. Attempted to install my new battery, final step connect the "Neg" cable to the frame with the screw.
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Racking my brain on why and don't know why this is happening. Any advise??
Its a Silver 2011 C14 with 39,561 miles.
Maybe its time to repair then upgrade.
What are the 2019 colors...... just saying......
I searched for a Yuasa YTX4-BS battery online but I couldn't find that exact model number. What I did find was a Yuasa YTX4L-BSThe OP doesn't mention changing out the battery because it was faulty, only because it had not been "turned on". So I'm gonna assume that there weren't smoking, melting wires and sparks flying before it was touched. All is well until he swapped the battery. Last thing touched right? The insulation on battery cables is pretty substantial, so I'm ruling out that it was chafed during install. You have to do something pretty wrong to get the display he got when completing the circuit. I am no electrical whizz for sure, but I think it was hooked up backwards as Conrad is gently hinting at. Just my opinion and worth what you paid for it. I really hope he didn't roast something costly. Good luck feller!
If you're using a YTX4L-BS then I think that I know what your issue is.
The OP doesn't mention changing out the battery because it was faulty, only because it had not been "turned on". So I'm gonna assume that there weren't smoking, melting wires and sparks flying before it was touched. All is well until he swapped the battery. Last thing touched right? The insulation on battery cables is pretty substantial, so I'm ruling out that it was chafed during install. You have to do something pretty wrong to get the display he got when completing the circuit. I am no electrical whizz for sure, but I think it was hooked up backwards as Conrad is gently hinting at. Just my opinion and worth what you paid for it. I really hope he didn't roast something costly. Good luck feller!
Maybe the op would be kind enough post a picture of his battery compartment as it is right now, like the one MOB posted. Along with a pic of his battery.
Can a defective battery with an internal short create the same symptoms? If the battery were hooked up backwards, what can he expect when it's hooked up properly?
that would go a long way to help, for sure, especially identifying/showing the actual wires, and points where "the smoke came out/was released"....(sorry, just a little electrical joke about "the magic smoke") but pictures would help greatly....
well, short answer, no, the occurrence with an internally shorted battery would not result in that; when a battery shorts "inside" it basically removes the capacity for "full voltage" at the point of the short; There are 6 sets of plates,each supplying approximately 2 volts (=/- a % of that), if a short occurs between the first and second set, the output volts will be like 9-10v, or 2-3v, depending on which end of the stack it occurs to. If a battery is installed in THIS bike, as long as the ignition is off, minimal sparking will occur at any terminal... and when attempting to start the bike after, it will not start. Removing the battery, and replacing it correctly, works fine; or so we have seen by the numerous reports on THIS BIKE when they have been incorrectly installed (was very common a few years back, to see this occur even from the dealers... ), and so far, after reversing the battery, and connecting it right, no further problems of "catastrophic" damage was found. I guess it's a testament to the robust nature, and safety built into THIS bikes design... or, just plain luck.
Now, if a battery with an internal short, is JUMP STARTED, of forced to take an outside current flow, which it now cannot do because of the short... it COULD blow sky high, and at the least, it will melt down the jumper cable in short order, as its basically like connecting the cable ends, from a running engine sending charging current...
I've had to run outside and put someones "burning" car out with an extinguisher at work, when they attempted jumping a shorted battery... it was pretty impressive to see how fast things "went south"...
stock battery is a YTX14-BS
AHHHH...no.
You are most likely correct about what would work, but it isn't the OEM "stock" battery. That would be the FTZ14-BS made by Furukawa. Allegedly a 14 AH battery.
I thought we covered this elsewhere, has Furukawa quit supplying the batteries to mama Kaw without telling me? (how dare they!)
but it isn't the OEM "stock" battery. That would be the FTZ14-BS made by Furukawa. Allegedly a 14 AH battery. I thought we covered this elsewhere, has Furukawa quit supplying the batteries to mama Kaw without telling me? (how dare they!)