ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

[flash2002]

Hi guys, I have an electrical problem with my bike. I have a 1982 GL500 that I'm restoring, I have most of it together, for some reason there seems to be a short ( the main fuse blowing ) . I did check all the connection and averything is good, the problem is when I plug the rectifier the fuse blows. I did check the rectifier and it shows good, I even have a spare and it does the same thing. When I do plug it in the plug with the yellow wires is not even connected and it blows. I normaly figure out these problems, but this one got me. Is there something that I'm missing, I would apreciate help with this problem, thanks in advance.

 

[Omega Man]

Plug it in with the battery disconnected, then connect the battery...IDK. Sometimes weird stuff like that werx.

~O~

 

[slabghost]

most electrics will work with poles reversed. Positive in place of negative. Rectifier only works one way. Is it possible the battery is in backwards?

 

[Joep]

Unplug the starter 4 wire connector and use matter set to check resistance and see if the two red and red/white wires show a short... there should be high resistance when they are checked to ground key off.. the red/white is from the r/r red is from fuse from battery.. both wires are the same when plugged in coming from going to battery..

 

[flash2002]

OK, found the problem,Slabghost was almost right. I went to check the polarity of the battery and noticed the positive was on the left instead of the right, so when I connected the battery the positive was on the ground. I never noticed this, all the batterys that I recald were positive on the right. This battery is new so I was able to exchange it for the right one. Thanks for your help guys.

 

[slabghost]

Glad the answer was a simple fix.