Battery Or Something Else?
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Battery Or Something Else?
I have a 2004 FatBoy. I allowed the battery to discharge. I hooked up my trickle charger for a couple of days and when I turned on the ignition key the headlight was very dim and it would not even try to crank. I hooked up my regular battery charger to it and left it overnight, the next day when I turned on the ignition, the light was brighter but the speedo background light started blinking and the engine would not crank. I checked the battery condition with my tester and it read 13v, with my battery charger hooked up it read 15v. I left it charging overnight again, but the next day I had the same results. I did notice that my battery charger was showing that the battery was not accepting any current? I am at a loss as to what is happening here. Any thoughts?
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When you read 13 volts, how long was it after you disconnected charger? Need to let surface charge go away before taking a voltage reading. Is this the original battery? If so probably due for a new one. Would not hurt to check all connections just to be on safe side.
A battery can get to the point where it will no longer take a charge. You may be at this point with a 5 year old battery.
A battery can get to the point where it will no longer take a charge. You may be at this point with a 5 year old battery.
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