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fried ground to battery from main switch area

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by feetballhabob, Sep 14, 2014.

  1. feetballhabob

    feetballhabob Member

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    the ground wire coming to the battery from the area of the main switch got hot , and shorted out on my 85 xj 700 water cooled.the insulation melted of off near the battery.any ideas what happened. the bike was running when this happened
     
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    Polock Well-Known Member

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    how sure are you that it's a ground wire that's burnt
     
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    the wire goes back to negative side of battery not really sure
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Which XJ is this?
     
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    85 xj700 water head
     
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    a - wire can't burn unless it gets + form somewhere with no load between them.
    even then it should have popped a fuse long before a wire burnt.
    any hacked wiring on there ?
    you found the battery end, see if you can find the other end where the smoke started, that should be the problem end
     
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    thanks will let you know where it ends up
     
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