On Jun 10, 7:59*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:00:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jun 10, 10:05*am, wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:38:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Sometime you get lucky and just blow the fuse.

probably so.

*After learning the lesson the
hard way I got in the habit of shooting a big red spot around the
positive battery post with a rattle can.

that's a good thought, Greg, that way the terminals are easily
identified

It is not that easy for old guys to see a black on black embossed logo
in the back of the console. Trust me.
I can remember when old guys made me read fuses for them. Now I am
that guy.

I shoot a red circle a couple inches in diameter on a new battery
now, before I even take that plastic cap off the terminal. My positive
battery cables are red too,

A stator and a regulator will do that to a guy *;-)

i can see it popping a regulator, but not the Stator, then again...