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Phillip..P. Smith Fri May 06, 2022 9:22 am details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	Fri May 06, 2022 9:22 am link quote Anybody in USA had any experience on an insurance claim where one personally shorted out a battery and caused a direct short to the battery and burnt wiring on the bike?

Phillip..P. Smith Fri May 06, 2022 9:39 am details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	Fri May 06, 2022 9:39 am link quote Texas in particular!

Phillip..P. Smith Fri May 06, 2022 9:42 am details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	Fri May 06, 2022 9:42 am link quote I set my battery charger on the wrong setting and "BING"! it got it!

Phillip..P. Smith Fri May 06, 2022 9:45 am details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	Fri May 06, 2022 9:45 am link quote I have found in the past that most InsurancePolicies do not exclude Dumb Ass!

greenspam Fri May 06, 2022 1:10 pm details Hooked Piaggio MP3 500 2016 Joined: 20 Jun 2017 Posts: 111 Location: Chicago
greenspam Hooked Piaggio MP3 500 2016 Joined: 20 Jun 2017 Posts: 111 Location: Chicago	Fri May 06, 2022 1:10 pm link quote Phillip..P. Smith wrote: Anybody in USA had any experience on an insurance claim where one personally shorted out a battery and caused a direct short to the battery and burnt wiring on the bike? I highly doubt insurance covers incorrect maintenance/repair.

sbaert Fri May 06, 2022 3:33 pm details Addicted 2015 MP3 500 ie Business Joined: 29 Oct 2019 Posts: 869 Location: Belgium
sbaert Addicted 2015 MP3 500 ie Business Joined: 29 Oct 2019 Posts: 869 Location: Belgium	Fri May 06, 2022 3:33 pm link quote Must have been a really old or really crummy charger. Most of today's motorcycle chargers such as the Optimate series i.e. Optimate4 automatically detect if the leads are connected in the wrong order and indicates as such before allowing current to go to the battery or the vehicle's electrical system. https://optimate1.com/om4/

jimc Fri May 06, 2022 3:49 pm details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 41434 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 41434 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	Fri May 06, 2022 3:49 pm link quote It'd be rare for the battery itself to die from a reversed charger, usually it's just the main fuse that blows as the regulator dumps a load of current through the Zener diode across its output.

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