attention all electrical gurus!!

[TxVenture]

Ok guys, have got a problem of something running the batt. down in a very short period to time. Just put a new batt. in and charged it approx. 8-10 hrs. on a battery tender untill fully charged. Rode bike about 6 hrs. on Saturday came home and put in garage until following Wed. Went out to ride, and batt was dead! Put it back on batt. tender and let it charge again untill fully charged. Battery tender shut down as it is supposed to do and is still on batt. in maintenance mode. Am afraid to take bike out until I find out what the problem is. Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

Don H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Kregerdoodle]

hhhmmm not sure Don, thats a good reason to come over to Kelly`s this Sat for the mini MX day...he lives real close to you...between all of us we should be able to figure it out...our moto is " ride em in & Push em out" LOL

 

Kreg

 

[elag]

To confirm a power drain. Unhook the negitive terminal of the battery. Make sure everything on the bike is turned off including the key. Use a test light (incandesent type works best for this). Hook the ground lead of the light to the negitive wire on the bike. Then with the pointed end of the test light touch the negitive terminal of the battery. Light should NOT light up. If it does, you have a power drain or short. Try pulling fuses until the light goes out. When it does go out, find out what that fuse is for and trace wiring associated with that circuit.

[bongobobny]

Yah! Elag is on the right track!! Try bto isolate the loss...