I think I just fragged my 150 Yamaha

[bilgsmf]

The motors electronics are not connected. I had the battery connected to the motors battery terminals only. I was trying to lower the motor. Now it wont lower or raise at all. Cars or boats dozens and dozens of times I have never connected the terminals backwards in my life!
This batteries terminals are very poorly marked and I saw a minus sign just under one of the terminals so I connected it but that was not a minus sign but sure looks like one! My wife says I need to go out and spray paint the terminals so that I cant mistake the connections! Getting old sucks!! Thanks for all your replies....

[bilgsmf]

...of course it makes total sense that Yamaha would place a fuse in front of all else just in case somebody (me) reversed the polarity when connecting the battery! I traced the wires from the up/down switch on the side of my motor and I found the fuse. Went over to Autozone and replaced my fuse, and now my switch is working as normal! Thanks all for your help, much appreciated.switch wiring 1.jpg

[phatdaddy]

The first thing I do when I get new batteries is mark the + and — with a white paint pen.

Glad you got it going

[steplift20]

Phew that was a close one I bet that is never going to happen again and one good thing is that you brought attention to that and first thing I’m going to do is mark my terminals.

[Blue_Runner]

awesome, glad you were able to figure it out and it was only a cheap fuse.

[oteps]

Great. Easy fix. We all make mistakes.

[bilgsmf]

At least this mistake only cost me $5.00 and I have 4 fuses left for future mistakes! Haha.... Again thanks for the help and support.