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Nov 7, 2014 | 08:41 PM

#11

92Fatty

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I'd check for corrosion at the cables and then see what volts you see at the battery. Mine will wipe out all lights if I ignore her also.

Nov 7, 2014 | 10:30 PM

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SeaZund

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having enough juice to light the lights doesn't necessarily = enough juice to crank the engine

Nov 8, 2014 | 06:16 AM

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Kabear

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I believe the answer you're look for is, there aren't any fuses on an HD. They use resetting circuit breakers, so if you "blow" one it will automatically re-set itself in 3 sec. once the "short" is released.

I'd check the battery connections, if OK then your battery has a dead cell. Only way to know this is with a voltage check. Must be above 12.5v to be considered "not dead".

Less than 12.3v and you will have to replace the battery. If an inexpensive battery it could have sulfates up. (Sulfur falls to the bottom of the battery and shorts the plates out) if not an ASM type battery.

Nov 8, 2014 | 08:29 AM

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WP50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WVICEMAN

It turned over when I first tried it then the battery went flat and then I had the issues after I put the battery tender on it.

A battery tender isn.t gpoing to bring a drained battery up. Tenders are for matianence. I keep a good charger for dead batterys

Good Luck WP

Nov 8, 2014 | 01:59 PM

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br549A1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WP50

A battery tender isn.t gpoing to bring a drained battery up. Tenders are for matianence. I keep a good charger for dead batterys Good Luck WP

I have three chargers and none will touch a battery under 10 volts. I've had batteries that will be over 12 then dip below 10 instantly when a load is applied. A cheap alternative is a power wheels 12 volt charger either the harness clipped and clips or a different plug soldered on. It applies constant power to charge even cooked batteries. I've brought many back to life like this. Takes 16 hours but it does work. It fully charged instead of going onto maintenance mode at 12.8 or whatever it is. Just a thought for you guys. Might help someone out.

Nov 8, 2014 | 02:20 PM

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texashillcountry

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Originally Posted by kp877

Alternately you could hook up a 6 amp charger to it for about an hour.
That will kick start the charging process and you can go back to the battery tender after that.
Any more than an hour (I'm told by a friend) is not so good for a bike battery.

Nov 8, 2014 | 02:42 PM

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WVICEMAN

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I put my charger on the new battery and brought it all the way up and I'm good now. I had put this battery in new in August and when I started having issues yesterday I decided to take the battery out and take it to be checked. They told me the battery had a internal short and gave me a new one so I'm good. After hooking up the battery it still had starting issues and I checked all the cables and had a looses cable at the solenoid now all is good in the world. Thanks for all the suggestions and help.