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400/4 Battery Location question ?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
The battery connections on my bike were as follows when I bought her- the positive cable is nearest the fuel tank, the earth cable is nearest the rear wheel. The battery that came with the bike has the positive terminal as in the photo.
The live terminal is very close to the air cleaner frame/box where it could easily short out - I have inserted a small rubber pad for safety to tery to push the terminal away.
is there something missing to prevent this or is it not the right battery or cable layout?
IMG_20201106_195027 by Teddy Bagshaw, on Flickr
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Nurse Julie:
Your battery, in effect, is round the wrong way Ted. The battery terminals should be nearest the frame. I will take a pic of mine in a while.
Edit... Your cables are also around the wrong way and the battery looks much too tall.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 06, 2020, 08:07:46 PM ---Your battery, in effect, is round the wrong way Ted. The battery terminals should be nearest the frame. I will take a pic of mine in a while.
Edit... Your cables are also around the wrong way and the battery looks much too tall.
--- End quote ---
Probably the wrong battery came with the bike it was dry charged when I bought it still in the box. I suspect you are right it is too tall as if fitted with the terminals next to the frame they would hit the tube.
I need to know the correct battery type number as original - DS site photo shows type CB12A-A on the casing. I might get lucky and find its just all back to front - certainly my cable runs look weird. My battery is marked as a MF CB12A-A p/n712121 its 161 Tall.
I can move the Negative cable easily but the Positive one is quite short not sure where it runs across the frame from the solenoid assuming it is the right lead fitted?
I'm pretty sure the main wiring harness routing is wrong in places as it's clearly very tight in some places with excess in others.
smoothoperator:
Here is my battery set up. There was no battery with the bike. I bought it from Tayna batteries.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/To4JZfUjvrRE9bNX6
cliff7:
Similar set up. My battery is same height. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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