Auxiliary power socket.

[Kev.c]

I bought my bike from a dealer in Swindon, however the auxiliary power socket that was an aftermarket fitting didn't work. I got around to checking the wiring today. One red wire was pushed down the side of a fuse, the black earth wire was connected to the positive battery post.
How worrying is the state of dealers now. This is an electric bike dealer, so electrical issues should be easy for them.
How disappointing.

[Brockett]

You think he got a top rate auto electrician to prep your bike?   

Was anything connected to the outputs? 

Maybe the previous owner mucked it up.

I have bought things made in China and all the wiring was the wrong colours and black positive has been used. I don't think all countries use "our" colours for wiring.

[The Doctor 46]

I would have taken it back and shown him, should embarrass him into a huge apology at least. They should have checked the bike before selling it, the least they could have done was check the battery and they obviously didn't.

[Sir Trev]

I had a dealer add heated grips, aux lights and dashcam once, and they' were all wired directly to the battery. Wires everywhere.  A Thunderbox or similar was never mentioned as an option but would have been much neater! On the plus side, the installation charge was low but taking the seat off it looked very amateurish.

[Froglodyte]

on that note...

[Ianmc]

     Quote  “I don't think all countries use "our" colours for wiring.”

   I am afraid they are not “our” colours,we changed our wiring colours because of an EU rule change quite a few years ago.I had to go out to several wiring “hiccups” when the live and neutral had been mixed up and there was 415 volts feeding a 240 volt item.Plus the Japanese use totally different DC wiring colours than we do.It is very easy to get things mixed up.

[Rusty Nuts]

Our night shift electrician in the mill where I worked was colour blind. Wait, it gets worse. He used to work for DanAir, rewiring aeroplanes.

[Froglodyte]

Fortunately, most aircraft don't use coloured cables. Generally all white with the circuit code laser etched on

[Rusty Nuts]

Spoilsport. I was saving that bit. 

[Sir Trev]

As I'm red/green colour blind I always check several times before putting power through anything I've tinkered with. Not burnt anything down yet. Thankfully.

[mr_diver]

Most dealers won't lift the seat unless there is an issue like the bike doesn't start.
The valletor will likely be in everywhere to clean and prep for sale, but he's not doing a PDI and usually not a mechanic.

I didn't know until I first stripped the fairings off the Varadero that I had an aftermarket gear indicator fitted.
It had fallen down and been tucked into the fairing, I only stripped the panels off to find out why my dash had gone haywire- water had got into the gear indicator!

The 100 point safety check and chassis / nut & bolt check are a joke for anyone like me who's ever worked in a dealers...
and I worked in a fairly reputable one. 

Ask Fat Rat about running over his own belly pan 10 miles down the road after a service in Fowlers.

[The Doctor 46]

Years ago at work, I would spend some time around aeroplanes (why do some people think that the American way of saying it, airplanes! is right) Americans must all be as thick as trump, no capital T.

There was a senior aircraft technician  in a hanger fixing a Lightning fighter and building a race bike from scratch except the engine but that had been tinkered to the max, no expense spared. He wired it with aircraft wires, fuses etc etc. It was fascinating to watch it's progress. All the wires were white but could clearly be related to by it's number in the wiring diagram. 

playing in the Lightning fighter was fun too. In my imagination I was Tom Cruse.