2001 Evinrude 40hp 4 stroke charging issues

[Ptellis2246]

I'm new to these 4 stroke engines. My engine isn't charging and I'm trying to figure out what would cause it. It was charging fine but I had some bad gas so I had to keep restarting it. After I finally got the bad gas out and trying to start it 100 times it isn't charging now. Does the charging just run thru the 2 large cables? I have a fused small red wire I'm guessing it goes to the ignition. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Elton Smith]

May have burned the soilinoid out.Jumper across it from pole to pole,see what happens.If by chance you hit the hot and ground on the battery wrong,it will burn the rectifier out almost immeditaly.

[Ptellis2246]

Thanks, I will try that.