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Chopped58
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 11:00 am: | 
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Rode home from work, bike ran fine. Put it away, next day go to start it, and it's dead. I thought maybe I left the key on, so I check the voltage at the battery, it's showing .16 volts!? I connect the charger, leave it a bit, and the trouble light comes on on the charger. I isolate the battery, voltage jumps up to 3.0 volts (without the charger on it). I figure there's a short (probably where there is energy that doesn't go off with the key?), but not sure where to look...any thoughts? |
Chopped58
| | Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 01:10 pm: |
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Never mind, found the problem......... |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Monday, April 21, 2008 - 11:58 am: |
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Well? What happened? Might be helpful to someone in the future... |
Chopped58
| | Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 09:45 am: |
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Oooops sorry, It was my auxiliary lighting relay. I flashed my aux lights to try to see something in my yard when I got home, and it seems the 30 amp relay stuck "closed". There is a direct feed from the battery when the relay is closed, so my lights were on all night. On another note, I don't think my 1.5 amp charger will charge a battery that is stone dead. I think it needs to have a significant amount of voltage for it to work properly..? I can't believe I didn't notice the lights being left on when I closed the garage! DUH! |
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