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Post by illwill420 on Dec 27, 2012 14:22:04 GMT -5
Okay guys, I was looking to see if there was any sort of how-to or checklist on tracking down something that is draining my battery. The battery is new and I know it's getting return voltage, but other than that. If I leave the scoot sit of any amount of time,the battery slowly drains. Any ideas where to start??
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Post by savy09 on Dec 27, 2012 15:09:58 GMT -5
Check first: remote or alarm if you have them, next, all your lights connections if any are cross -connected, and any wiring that may be frayed or about ready to break apart (solder). This happened to me on a Vogue 150cc trike. Good luck- Savy
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Post by jazzman on Dec 27, 2012 22:06:56 GMT -5
How do you know the battery is being CHARGED? did you test it with a Volt Meter? If so what does it read? If your just guessing it could be your Regulator/Rectifier that is not chargeing the battery.
To test if you have a drain take the POSITIVE LEAD off the battery then put the METER on MILLAMPS and one wire touch the Positive Terminal on the Battery and the other wire on the Positive Red you took off the battery. If the Volt Meter reads more than 10MA you have a drain.
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Post by illwill420 on Dec 27, 2012 22:55:22 GMT -5
I know the battery is being charged because if I kick the scoot when the battery is dead, then drive say...to the gas station or to a buddy's house, I can leave it sit for upwards of 20 minutes and the electric start will work. I'll check it tomorrow with a meter, but I do know that if a battery is dead but then you ride for a few minutes and it has enough charge to turn the electric start over, then it's getting a charge from somewhere.
Regardless I'm going to take a meter to it and see what kinda values I can read. I'll let ya know what kinda values I'm getting.
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Post by jazzman on Dec 27, 2012 23:08:12 GMT -5
ok so that is good that your Regulator/Rectifier is working and charging the battery, but the battery itself could be bad and not holding the charge, I could have a bad cell. You may not have a drain at all but just a bad battery. To find out ride it and have it charged up and then when your going to put it away, unhook the the battery from the scoot take a reading and see how what it reads. Then later on check it with the meter again and if it dropped you then know you have a bad battery and NOT a drain.
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Post by illwill420 on Dec 28, 2012 14:51:26 GMT -5
Bad battery would be great since it was bought new and still under warranty from the shop. I've got it on the Tender now,gunna test this later once shes got a full charge on her.
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Post by jlee on Dec 28, 2012 14:59:19 GMT -5
I would not rule out a bad ignition switch assembly, but follow through with jazzman's suggestions first.
One tip: If you put the meter in series with the battery to measure discharge current, be careful not to turn on the ignition switch or squeeze the brake handles. You will likely blow the meter's internal fuse if you are on a low mA scale.
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Post by illwill420 on Jan 6, 2013 15:00:25 GMT -5
Definitely not the ignition switch,that was just replaced along with the starter. But...and this just completely confuses me. I charged up the battery but the weather has been miserable here all week so I haven't had the time to put the meter on it since I don't see myself out in the pouring rain trying to use a meter. But I've still had places I needed to go so I don the ol rain gear and...well she's started right up every time using the electric start. No draining after sitting in a parking lot,over nite here at the house,nothing. Every time since I've put a fresh charge on the battery she's been more than happy to crank right on up. I know these sorts of things just don't fix themselves,so could this be an indicator of a short somewhere and I just haven't hit the right bump in order for the contact to be made??
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