Charging problems, 1994 softail
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Charging problems, 1994 softail
I know this has been covered already and I have searched through the posts but it seems like everything on my bikes tests good and still not charging.
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If I charge the battery I can ride no problem. It only takes about 20 mintues to charge it enough to start and i can ride all day. It will hold a charge for about 24 hours after a long ride. If I keep riding long distance it will work everyday.
Across the stater leads (on the engine case) some ohms, it jumps but about .7 ohms.
Across the stater leads bike running, 23 volts AC.
Each stater lead to ground no ohms.
Regulator to ground 12.5 volts but its a compu fire regulator, I believe they are supposed to get 12v to ground unlike a stock one.
14.1 volts across the battery with bike running.
Thoughts?
Details:
If I charge the battery I can ride no problem. It only takes about 20 mintues to charge it enough to start and i can ride all day. It will hold a charge for about 24 hours after a long ride. If I keep riding long distance it will work everyday.
Across the stater leads (on the engine case) some ohms, it jumps but about .7 ohms.
Across the stater leads bike running, 23 volts AC.
Each stater lead to ground no ohms.
Regulator to ground 12.5 volts but its a compu fire regulator, I believe they are supposed to get 12v to ground unlike a stock one.
14.1 volts across the battery with bike running.
Thoughts?
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I know this has been covered already and I have searched through the posts but it seems like everything on my bikes tests good and still not charging.
Details:
If I charge the battery I can ride no problem. It only takes about 20 mintues to charge it enough to start and i can ride all day. It will hold a charge for about 24 hours after a long ride. If I keep riding long distance it will work everyday.
Across the stater leads (on the engine case) some ohms, it jumps but about .7 ohms.
Across the stater leads bike running, 23 volts AC.
Each stater lead to ground no ohms.
Regulator to ground 12.5 volts but its a compu fire regulator, I believe they are supposed to get 12v to ground unlike a stock one.
14.1 volts across the battery with bike running.
Thoughts?
Details:
If I charge the battery I can ride no problem. It only takes about 20 mintues to charge it enough to start and i can ride all day. It will hold a charge for about 24 hours after a long ride. If I keep riding long distance it will work everyday.
Across the stater leads (on the engine case) some ohms, it jumps but about .7 ohms.
Across the stater leads bike running, 23 volts AC.
Each stater lead to ground no ohms.
Regulator to ground 12.5 volts but its a compu fire regulator, I believe they are supposed to get 12v to ground unlike a stock one.
14.1 volts across the battery with bike running.
Thoughts?
An idea might be to connect an ampmeter inline with your postive battery lead with the engine off. Any drain? If there is, that is your problem and now it is a case of isolating where the drain is occuring.
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Charging system sounds good. I'd say you have something discharging the battery when the engine is switched off.
An idea might be to connect an ampmeter inline with your postive battery lead with the engine off. Any drain? If there is, that is your problem and now it is a case of isolating where the drain is occuring.
An idea might be to connect an ampmeter inline with your postive battery lead with the engine off. Any drain? If there is, that is your problem and now it is a case of isolating where the drain is occuring.
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I tried going for a long ride and when i got home I disconnected the battery so it wouldn't drain and it still did so I bought a new battery. I guess that could have been a bad battery along with the bike having a drain. Maybe the drian broke the old battery?
I will try the ammeter, thanks for the suggestion.
I will try the ammeter, thanks for the suggestion.
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I tried going for a long ride and when i got home I disconnected the battery so it wouldn't drain and it still did so I bought a new battery. I guess that could have been a bad battery along with the bike having a drain. Maybe the drian broke the old battery?
I will try the ammeter, thanks for the suggestion.
I will try the ammeter, thanks for the suggestion.
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just finished a nightmare with a buddy's fatboy having the same problem. First diagnoses was a bad battery . He bought a new battery , same problem . After chasing our tails checking everything we could think of and changing the voltage regulator thinking it had a shorted diode . We finally had the new battery checked and it had a bad cell. replaced that battery and runs like a top ..
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