I just replaced the battery on my 2012 Harley Electra Glide. I turned it on, but have no indications of power. When I turned it to the ACC position, my radio came on, but I show no power indication on my display. The Multimeter reads 12.5 V. Not sure what I might have done wrong. I've watched videos and followed them to the T, but still lost on the problem.

 

Did it start with old battery?, check for a bad ground.

 

Yes, it started with the old battery after I gave it a jump. But when I shut it down with the old battery, it didn't hold the charge to restart it, just clicking. Now I don't even have power in the on position, just the ACC position.

 

Have you checked all of your fuses?

 

It's got to be something obvious, Did you reconnect all wires, as I recall the - side has one heavy ground wire and the + side has a heavy and a smaller wire, with the starter button pushed tug on both connection and see what happens. also the other member said, check fuses

 

All the fuses tested good. I have to give up for the day, I work tonight and will try some more stuff tomorrow after I get off of work. Thanks for the ideas so far.

 

what's the voltage show on the old battery now.

 

Before I ask I will state, I am not being a smart ***. Did someone accidentally shut off the kill switch?

 

@ wadejesu, there is only one thickly bundled cable attached to the + side, I even pulled the battery out to make sure I didn’t set the battery on it when installing the new one. @ memphissharley, the old battery had 10.5V on it before I turned it in for the core refund with the new battery. I was able to start the bike with it with attached to my vehicle battery, but was unable to restart it again after shutting it down. I even let the bike run a few minutes before shutting it down.@ perki48, I checked the kill switch, it was on. I was the only one to touch it, so I would be at fault if I hit it.Anyways, after I got home from work this morning, I checked a few thing. I rechecked all the fuses and everything was good. I looked for a shorted cables and didn’t find any. My connection to the battery was clean. I even pulled the battery out to look for any problems in the battery seat. After reinstalling the battery, I decided to just attached my vehicle battery to the bike battery. I kept my vehicle off to minimize fluctuations in the amperage. Everything lit up on my display in the ignition setting. So, even though the new battery read 12.5 V, the amperage was probably too much for it when it was hooked to the load. I took the battery out and hooked it to a charger to give it the full charge. I will put it back in the bike, probably tomorrow, and let you all know if I succeeded or if I was sold a defective battery (that would suck). Thanks for all your suggestions so far, they help me think better.

 

When you get done hopefully it will start, check batt voltage with bike off and with bike running, should be higher when running {14.0+} to verify it is charging.