Jota wiring question - stray brown wire

[Dellortoman]

I'd already established that it wasn't live.

Exactly. That means it could short out when you energise it, or cook something that doesn’t want 12V applied to it, like a sensor of some kind (I dunno what electronics you have on your bike).
If it was live it wouldn’t have been a risk.

 

[chrisk]

I'd already established that it wasn't live.

And wasn’t to ground…

 

[78jotadave]

Can someone estimate the zap speed for a wrong connection of a black box? My reflexes are not exactly light speed these days.

If you have to ask, you're already shit out of flux!

 

[chrisk]

If you have to ask, you're already shit out of flux!

Is flux an abbreviation of reflexes? Or are you ‘fluxing’, as in flux capacitors?

 

[78jotadave]

Is flux an abbreviation of reflexes? Or are you ‘fluxing’, as in flux capacitors?

You must have really quick reflexes when working with 'Flux Capacitors, or you risk never fluxing again.

 

[Vince]

I must be well fluxed.

 

[LDC420]

And wasn’t to ground…

Test 101.