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Butch1978

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Spare wire from battery
« on: November 06, 2016, 09:58:45 AM »
Hi just joined the group. I have brought my son a super 9 which does need some work doing to it. I have just taken the battery off so that I can give it a charge and there was two positive wires and two negative wires connected. One of the set of wires has a connector at the end of it but it isn't connected to anything! I have had a look and I can't see what it should be connected too! Can anyone help? I have added a picture of the wire! Also the electric start don't work! When you push the electric start button it just clicks! Any ideas? I think I maybe posting more issues at some point lol! Thanks

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2016, 11:29:36 AM »
That wire/connector could be a connector for a battery charger or maybe a usb outlet.

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2016, 11:40:53 AM »
Thats an usb outlet! It goes conected directlly to the battery id consider reinstalling it.
Good luck with your new ride


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Butch1978

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2016, 12:19:38 PM »
Thats an usb outlet! It goes conected directlly to the battery id consider reinstalling it.
Good luck with your new ride


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It is connected but will that stop the electric start from working? But should it be connected to something on the bike?

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2016, 01:01:50 PM »
Looking inside the rubber cap on the end will solve what its purpose is. No, it won't stop the starter from working. I would leave it off the bike until you solve the start problem.

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Butch1978

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2016, 04:23:14 PM »
Looking inside the rubber cap on the end will solve what its purpose is. No, it won't stop the starter from working. I would leave it off the bike until you solve the start problem.

Karl
I've done that but there is nothing obvious to what it connects too!

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2016, 08:38:20 PM »
If you have looked and it is not a usb connector then it most likely a connector for a battery charger.  So if the scooter was not going to be used for a while you could connect a charger to it so the battery level would not go flat after sitting for a while.  One of the local bike shops does that to all of their floor stock as it is a simple procedure.   It looks like it has a built in fuse as well so it would have been done right and it would not have caused any problems.   As others have suggested, just leave it off.

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Re: Spare wire from battery
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2016, 09:34:11 PM »
Hey Butch,

It is the battery tender connector. I have the exact same one on my gt300i and it works perfectly well for keeping the battery charged. I wonder if the "clicking" is from an almost dead battery. Maybe get yourself a good battery charger/tender (mine from Harley-Davidson works great) and hook that puppy up for a day or two to see if you get a green light on the tender.

Steve

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