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draining battery

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:52 pm
by kstation
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

Re: draining battery

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:04 pm
by Triplespeed
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

Re: draining battery

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:25 pm
by kstation
Cheers mate. good link I'll have a go at what It suggests hopefully find something thanks very much

Re: draining battery

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:42 pm
by kstation
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

Re: draining battery

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 8:38 pm
by Triplespeed
Would be worth checking insulation of your cables in case it has worn through somewhere and its going to earth that way

Re: draining battery

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:09 pm
by kstation
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

Re: draining battery

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:10 am
by Triplespeed
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: