Emily

okay thank you! the bike actually turning on felt like progress so just got a bit excited

thanks for all your help guys! still figuring it out

the battery has been perfectly fine since the swap, i’ve had no issues with it at all. it isn’t the exact battery swap as the one that was in there previously had nothing on it at all to help me identify what the heck it was and it looked really old too. i bought my bike second hand so perhaps he swapped out the original battery for the tatty one i got with the bike.. i’m not too fussed though, the battery was a reasonable price and i could tell my bike was thankful for the new one. i did as much research as i could and tried to get a close of a match i could find. i’ve been using this battery for a number of months now without any issues with it, so no concerns there i definitely didn’t make any accidents when swapping the battery and i’m confident i connected everything how it should have been. thanks for those tips! i’ll check it out. love investigating all this to be honest as much hassle as it is

i don't have a multi meter i’ve had the bike since march but didn’t get much use out of it for the first few months. my previous battery couldn’t maintain its charge so i just went ahead and bought a new one and it’s been perfectly fine since the ignition was off when the fuse melted. i haven’t changed anything at all.

hi guys! this is my first bike and my first experience with this kind of thing, i’ve had a few issues so far with the battery but never with the fuses. yesterday i went to take my bike out for a spin, it started and everything fine but as soon as i went to take off everything cut out and the thing completely died. me thinking it was the battery (as this has been an issue before) attempted to jump start the bike but got nothing. i decided to take a look at the fuse box and one by one checked the fuses, everything was in tact besides the main fuse. i took it out and replaced it not thinking much, but when i hooked the bike back up to the battery i watched as it instantly melted. it was getting late so i had to leave it at that. i came back to it this morning and decided to check over all the wires, checking for any loose connections or anything that could be exposed or any visible damage. i’m not really sure what i was expecting to find, and was mostly just being nosy as i haven’t had a good sit down and a look at everything before. i’m completely stumped as of what to do next though, i’ve been staring at the thing all morning and haven’t made any progress with it. the fuses are 15a (and my bikes a mutt mongrel 125 if that means anything) any advice would be really appreciated