Yamaha G1 Fuse Popping Problem

[farleypug]

Hey guys, just thought that I would pick the brain of some yamaha smarties. I have a neighbor who stopped by and is having problems with his yamaha G1 popping the inline minus fuse that comes off of one of the solenoids. As soon as he replaces it and turns the key to go, it blows. I personally have never dealt with an inline fuse on a ground wire before. In my wiring diagram, it shows this wire grounding on the chassis. This doesn't require any sort of a special fuse does it? It looks just like a normal bus fuse. I'm thinking he should just run a new wire on it to the frame. That way it's surely grounded. Thanks for any help everyone!

[GMB74]

The fuse is a standard 10A fuse available at any auto parts store. It acts just like one on the hot (positive) side of a circuit, meaning you have a short circuit there somewhere. Replacing the fuse with one of a higher ampere rating or running a wire to bypass it will give the same results you would expect if you did it on the hot side- you may fry your harness. You need to find and repair your short.

[tikicart]

Mine was popping that fuse when I had a short in my starter/generator. Verify that none of the posts where the wires attach are grounded to the starter housing.

[farleypug]

Tiki,

Was the short in your starter visible on the wiring coming into the starter, or was it inside the starter and not visible? Did you rebuild or buy a new starter to fix the problem? Thanks

[tikicart]

The posts that the wires mount to had heated up due to extended attempted starting, I took the entire starter apart and used plastic washers to insulate the post from the starter body.

[farleypug]

Right on! Thanks for the help, we'll see if it works.