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#291940 stroker (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 166 electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   I posted last week or so about a charging problem I'm having.What I've found is the bike is drawing 1 volt when the bike is turned off and killing the battery over night.The only added electrical parts are spot lights that turn on with the high beams.Any ideas where to start?It's a 2002 Road Star.   Logged     I\'m not growing up and she can\'t make me!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #291943 davej (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4201 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   How are you checking for the draw to find a 1 volt draw? Usually you check for an electrical draw by amps. Then you pull fuses and unplug things like the voltage regulator until the draw goes away. When pulling fuses and unplugging things do them one at a time. If the current draw don't go away plug it back in and go to the next fuse/plug.   Logged     dave   The administrator has disabled public write access. #291952 stroker (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 166 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   What I did was I disconnected the ground cable from the battery and connected the red lead of my multimeter to the battery and the black to the ground cable and it showed 1 volt.   Logged     I\'m not growing up and she can\'t make me!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #291958 davej (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4201 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   Start pulling fuses like I explained above you will find it.   Logged     dave   The administrator has disabled public write access. #291965 stroker (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 166 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   Thanks Dave I'll start from there and keep you posted.It'll take a while though I threw out my back and I'm kind of laid up at the moment.That's why I'm on and off the site,can't sit for to long.   Logged     I\'m not growing up and she can\'t make me!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #292029 Greysnake (User) I'm so far behind I think I'm first. Platinum Boarder Posts: 7911 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   Don't forget that you have a clock that constantly runs. Though it only draws a small amount if your battery is old or very weak it could be enough.   Logged     06 Midnight Silverado *nothing shines like a star*   The administrator has disabled public write access. #292072 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3805 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   testing it that way, you might be reading the stored voltage of a capacitor. Capacitors are like batteries, they can store and hold a charge.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #292133 stroker (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 166 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   Erbman02 wrote: testing it that way, you might be reading the stored voltage of a capacitor. Capacitors are like batteries, they can store and hold a charge.I never thought of that.I don't have a manual for the bike yet[had to order it]where would there be a capacitor?Could that come from the regulator?I know the battery isn't the best it couldn't start the bike after 10 minutes of testing.I just didn't want to buy a new one before I found out about this drain.I tried checking my nephew's honda this way it didn't show any thing it has a clock that's on all the time.Could the memory for the clock and trip meter do this if the battery is on it's way out?   Logged     I\'m not growing up and she can\'t make me!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #292150 silver_fox (User) I wanna ride! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1164 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   Here you go...MANUAL   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #292160 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3805 Re:electrical drain with ignition off 1 Year, 11 Months ago   you have caps all over the dash ckt board, as well as the ignition module ckt board, and some in the rec/reg ckt board, so since all those are still connected to ground in one form or another, it's possible that the 1 volt you read is a combination of tiny charges still in them. Have you tested the charge system as per clinic tech article? Suggest ya do, but you really can skip the resistance test, and do the AC test and the DC test, but I would also suggest you take the battery to be load tested first to ensure that the battery is good. the charges system test should be done with a known good battery as well. If ya can, cancel the manual order, I see someone posted a link to one at no cost   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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