Doh! Battery charging...

[dlunt]

:oops:
Have you ever done one of those things that you just can't believe!
You know, one of those things that make you think: "How in the heck could he do something so stupid!?"

I certainly did one about 2 weeks ago.
Yes I connected my battery tender backwards. The positive to the negative, yada, yada.
My charger tried to tell me it was wrong. There was a little red light lit up on the front of it. I didn't look too close (needless to say). I thought it was just a power light.
But a week after hooking it up I looked closer at the charger and realized that there are 3 lights. Yellow = charging, Green = charged, Red = problem. If you see red right away you should disconnect immediately not a week later.
Bye, bye battery. I tried charging it correctly and it wouldn't hold a charge longer than about 20 seconds and not enough juice to even turn the starter.
So I looked around and found one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/YTX7L...5213QQtcZphoto
Even with shipping it was only $26. Works great.
They have a couple left if you need a battery.

And no, there was no alcohol involved in any of this story. I wish I could blame it on that.