waterworld 0 Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) Update: Fixed Apparently we forgot to attached one of the wires to the battery. My teenage son has added a winch and a light bar directly to the battery with inline fuses. The nest of wires confused my father and I. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have a 2000 Honda Fourtrax 300 4x4 (TRX300FW) that isn't getting electrical power. -The previous lithium battery wouldn't hold a charge and was replaced with a lead acid battery. -The new battery is showing about 12.8 volts. -For some reason, it is not getting any power with the new battery. -We checked both 15amp fuses in the rubber botts in the battery compartment and they were both fine. -The machine is in neutral and doesn't reflect any indicator lights (green neutral or red oil pressure). -We did not try to kick start it but plan to do so next time we are back where the quad is located. I welcome your thoughts and ideas on what may be wrong. Thanks. Edited October 13, 2023 by waterworld updated status Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Wilson_™ 6,567 Posted October 13, 2023 No rodent chewed wires ? (I wouldn't think so being it's a 00) I don't have any dealings at all with a lithium battery of that size.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 13, 2023 15 hours ago, waterworld said: We have a 2000 Honda Fourtrax 300 4x4 (TRX300FW) that isn't getting electrical power. -The previous lithium battery wouldn't hold a charge and was replaced with a lead acid battery. -The new battery is showing about 12.8 volts. -For some reason, it is not getting any power with the new battery. -We checked both 15amp fuses in the rubber botts in the battery compartment and they were both fine. -The machine is in neutral and doesn't reflect any indicator lights (green neutral or red oil pressure). -We did not try to kick start it but plan to do so next time we are back where the quad is located. I welcome your thoughts and ideas on what may be wrong. Thanks. Welcome to the forum ! Seen a few times now , people have changed batteries and reinstalled the battery wires in the wrong place <<<< have a look at the solenoid connection or that the battery has the positive on the same side as your old battery My first guess would be the atv’s wire going from positive to the harness is on the wrong side the solenoid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 13, 2023 8 hours ago, _Wilson_™ said: No rodent chewed wires ? (I wouldn't think so being it's a 00) I don't have any dealings at all with a lithium battery of that size.... Trying to understand this ^^^^^^ comment >>> Good thought about rodent damaged wires —- So you don't think a 2000 model wouldn't have " rodent " chewed wires , what's the reasoning ? Maybe your onto something , you never know . I had heard a couple of theories why rats , mice and squirrels like to eat wires. Read one that said the wire coating that comes from overseas is made of some kind of plant base stuff like soy. >>>>> Maybe they quit using soy base coated wires in 2000 ? I would say a rat would chew a 2023 just as quick as a 2000 or a 1970 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,619 Posted October 14, 2023 18 hours ago, Fishfiles said: Trying to understand this ^^^^^^ comment >>> Good thought about rodent damaged wires —- So you don't think a 2000 model wouldn't have " rodent " chewed wires , what's the reasoning ? Maybe your onto something , you never know . I had heard a couple of theories why rats , mice and squirrels like to eat wires. Read one that said the wire coating that comes from overseas is made of some kind of plant base stuff like soy. >>>>> Maybe they quit using soy base coated wires in 2000 ? I would say a rat would chew a 2023 just as quick as a 2000 or a 1970 Probably thinking that newer stuff is more likely to get eaten since they’ve switched to plant based coatings. Or maybe that it’s too new to already have been eaten. After all, 2000 was just a couple of years ago, right? Drives my wife crazy when I say “a couple of years ago” and it’s really like 12-15 years ago, because it doesn’t SEEM that long ago 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retro 4,049 Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 4:19 PM, waterworld said: Update: Fixed Apparently we forgot to attached one of the wires to the battery. My teenage son has added a winch and a light bar directly to the battery with inline fuses. The nest of wires confused my father and I. Congrats! Thanks for letting us know that you fixed it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Wilson_™ 6,567 Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 4:06 AM, Fishfiles said: Trying to understand this ^^^^^^ comment >>> Good thought about rodent damaged wires —- So you don't think a 2000 model wouldn't have " rodent " chewed wires , what's the reasoning ? Maybe your onto something , you never know . I had heard a couple of theories why rats , mice and squirrels like to eat wires. Read one that said the wire coating that comes from overseas is made of some kind of plant base stuff like soy. >>>>> Maybe they quit using soy base coated wires in 2000 ? I would say a rat would chew a 2023 just as quick as a 2000 or a 1970 Yeah.... like jeep said... I'm not too good with years....ha! I still think cars made in 00 are considered new.....(no telling how many times I've heard certain people >> shade for example << tell me get with the times..... haha! ) .although... in my opinion... they might be old but much better then what's coming out now...I bet those electric cars will targeted by rodents.... and I'd hate dealing with that kind of mess....just had another member say in chat his gas powered vehicle has become a target...for those bucktooth bandits... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 11:24 PM, retro said: Congrats! Thanks for letting us know that you fixed it! The post where it got fixed doesn’t appear to show up on the thread that is on my screen. Where did you see he got it fixed ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retro 4,049 Posted October 19, 2023 20 hours ago, Fishfiles said: The post where it got fixed doesn’t appear to show up on the thread that is on my screen. Where did you see he got it fixed ? The OP updated a prior post rather than update us in a new post. Sneaky one that waterworld fellah.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 19, 2023 Just now, retro said: The OP updated a prior post rather than update us in a new post. Sneaky one that waterworld fellah.... Ok , W'W' snuck that one by me also 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
