Parasitic Drain Heads Up

[MikeWa]

Ok I plugged the bike into the battery maintainer a few days ago and the maintainer never went to green. That is unusual because my tender normally goes green in less than an hour. So I began looking for the drain on the battery. First thing I found was my installed trunk light (led) was turned on. So I turned it off and the next morning the tender was still yellow. Hmmm. Then I remembered these bikes sometimes have a little problem with the cd changer drawing some voltage. So I unplugged the CD changer and within 2 hours the maintainer was green. I plugged the CD changer back in and reset the cartridge and all has been ok since. So this is just a reminder that the CD changer can occasionally cause a parasitic drain on the battery.

 

Mike

[Peder_y2k]

Excellent analytical problem solving.

-Pete, in Tacoma WA USA

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

things that make you say..... hmmmmm Kinda like me leaving the ignition turned on.... killed the battery by the time I was back to the bike next... no problem.... jump start.... the headlight died an hour later. hmmmm

 

thanks:thumbsup2: