Crosby conditions

[Kirk]

How exactly did this happen Kirk??
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The fire didn’t actually happen up at Crosby.  It happened in my apartment in downtown Minneapolis.  Freaked me and the cat out a bit.  A few months ago one of the Anderson Connectors on the lead running from the lead acid batteries to the charger got a bit banged up.  It kept working, so I never bothered replacing it.  On Saturday night, after diving with the scooter up in Crosby, I hauled it into my apartment building to charge it (you wouldn’t believe the odd looks I get from folks while hauling this weapon of mass destruction looking thing through the building lobby).  I tried charging the DPV, but the charger wouldn’t start.  I noticed that one of the little metal tabs inside the Anderson Connector looked a little mangled, so I tried straightening it out, and tried charging it again.  I must have accidentally made a connection between the positive and negative wires because when I plugged the charger back in - the wiring harness popped, sparked, and burst into flames.  I dumped some water on it, propped it up on its shroud, removed the hull, and my apartment filled with white smoke.  After opening the windows to get some better visibility in my home, I noticed that the wiring from the charging plug to the batteries was destroyed by the fire, and the wiring from batteries to the motor was a bit damaged.  I disconnected the motor assembly from the batteries and called Rodney, the owner of Silent Submersion, explained the situation, and he is going to mail me a new wiring harness, which he thinks is all that the scooter needs.  I hope to have it back in the water in a couple days. - Kirk