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kstation
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draining battery

Post by kstation » Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:52 pm

As title says something is draining the battery on my bike. If I remove battery its holds charge but when left on the bike within 2/3 days its down to 2volts.
I know these can be a pain to find just wondering if anybody know where to start or common faults
cheers

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Re: draining battery

Post by Triplespeed » Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:04 pm

Having a read here would probably be the best place to start:

viewtopic.php?uid=16&f=24&t=912&start=0

Just one of those times to get the wiring diagram and meter out and start tracing

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Re: draining battery

Post by kstation » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:25 pm

Cheers mate. good link I'll have a go at what It suggests hopefully find something thanks very much

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Re: draining battery

Post by kstation » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:42 pm

Tried removing earth lead and and getting voltage from frame to battery earth terminal but nothing at the fuse box anybody got any idea where to go next also tried unpluging all connections I could find but didnt seem to make a difference

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Re: draining battery

Post by Triplespeed » Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:38 pm

Would be worth checking insulation of your cables in case it has worn through somewhere and its going to earth that way

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Re: draining battery

Post by kstation » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:09 pm

Found the problem after removing fairings and chasing wires all night last night went out tonight first thing I checked the rectifier
bloody hate electrics cheers for the help pal

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Re: draining battery

Post by Triplespeed » Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:10 am

Im glad you found it mate, always a good feeling to find an annoying fault. It was only at the last minute i realised you had a cbr as i was looking thriugh the vfr wiring diagram :grin:

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