Hooking a battery up backwards!

[Fish Forever]

Last year while winterizing my boat I had a moment of stupidity. I removed everything from the boat and winterized the engine. The final step was to trim the motor down so the mice couldn't get to the rubber boot of my IO. I have a 1995 Larson runabout. So when I went to hook up the battery I spaced out and reversed the polarity. It probably took me 30 seconds to realize "why is smoke coming from my engine?". After about 20 minutes of cursing, I covered her back up and said goodnight til next year. Now here we are. What do you think I damaged? I have heard varying opinions from diodes, to rectifiers, to voltage regulators, to the windings. Has anyone ever known a "Friend" who has done this? Please keep the heckling to a minimum I know this was very stupid. Does anyone know someone who can fix this? Hastings area? Thank's for your comments.

[Dan Thiem]

Fish,

Would it be alright for us to move your thread over to the equipment forum? Those guys have a wealth of knowlege. I'm sure they have had "friends" that have done the same thing.

I hope you didn't melt too much!