115HP rectifier smoked...

[scobar]

OK, so I screwed up replacing my starter, well replacing the starter was no problem, the mistake came in hooking up all the electrical wires back on the solenoid. To get to the point of my error. The power lead for the rectifier (P/N 586075) was in a black shrink wrap so I just assumed it was a ground wire and grounded it. When I put the battery cables back on there was a good amount of smoke. I pulled the cables off right away, said a couple of things, then started to find the crossed wire. The only wire that was incorrect was the direct + power to the rectifier (which I grounded). I'm assuming I fried the rectifier. I took it out of the motor and want to bench test it. From I can tell all I need is a ohm meter (I have) and it will show an open. Problem is across what wires. It has one connector with 2 yellow wires, another connecter with a purple wire and a gray wire, then the lone power red wire. Again Johnson P/N 586075
thanks Scott
1997 115hp

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I wish I could help you, but I just don't remember...... I think it was from each yellow (one at a time) to the gray.

I can say this: If you "let the smoke out" of it, there is a 99% probability you need a rectifier.

[scobar]

not sure where the actual smoked came from, just guessing.

But think about this, what I did for sure was put the hot lead (powers rectifier) to the rectifier to ground (stupid black casing on a red wire) so I never actually took the rectifier to ground, just never put any power to it ?????kind of stumped