What did I break on my lawnmower?
Posted May 18th, 2009 by admin 3 Comments »
Home Lee asked:
I bought a new battery and hooked it up backward (black cable to positive/ red to negative) to my riding lawnmower and tried to start it. It made a loud noise and now won’t attempt to start (after fixing the cables of course). Any clues on what I broke?
Fixed it. Apparently there is a dummy fuse between the battery and the rest of the important stuff to keep idiots from messing anything up if they hook it up backwards. It was just a 50 cent 20 amp fuse that blew and needed replaced.
I bought a new battery and hooked it up backward (black cable to positive/ red to negative) to my riding lawnmower and tried to start it. It made a loud noise and now won’t attempt to start (after fixing the cables of course). Any clues on what I broke?
Fixed it. Apparently there is a dummy fuse between the battery and the rest of the important stuff to keep idiots from messing anything up if they hook it up backwards. It was just a 50 cent 20 amp fuse that blew and needed replaced.