Battery tender lead not working... Easy fix
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Battery tender lead not working... Easy fix
So just getting back from deployment a couple of weeks ago, my battery was dead when the movers delivered my bike to the house. Well my buddy tried hooking up my battery tender and it wouldn't work. So I finally got around to looking at it today and to my surprise, the 2014 (and above I assume) touring bikes have the battery tender harness wired into the bikes electrical system.
I was expecting to find the pigtail screwed to the battery terminals like my last 2 bikes, with a fuse in line on the pig tail. Well that wasn't the case. So out comes the manual, and for the life of me, I couldn't find what I was looking for. So I figured that the fuse for the pigtail had to be in the left side fuse block but I didn't know which one. Out comes the colt meter to do a continuity check. By the way, it's been a while since I had to change a fuse so I was a little surprised to find exposed metal studs on the back side of the fuse for easy no removal testing of fuses. Well I found that the P&A 20amp fuse was blow. I replaced it with the spare located in the fuse block and all was good again. So if your battery tender isn't working, check the P&A fuse.
I was expecting to find the pigtail screwed to the battery terminals like my last 2 bikes, with a fuse in line on the pig tail. Well that wasn't the case. So out comes the manual, and for the life of me, I couldn't find what I was looking for. So I figured that the fuse for the pigtail had to be in the left side fuse block but I didn't know which one. Out comes the colt meter to do a continuity check. By the way, it's been a while since I had to change a fuse so I was a little surprised to find exposed metal studs on the back side of the fuse for easy no removal testing of fuses. Well I found that the P&A 20amp fuse was blow. I replaced it with the spare located in the fuse block and all was good again. So if your battery tender isn't working, check the P&A fuse.
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examine the blowed fuse.
if the fuse material is blowed and spattered with black carbon traces, that indicates at some time there was a short circuit. ( and you need to be aware that there may be a rubbed through wire somewhere on that circuit)
if the material has merely sagged and parted, that is the result of an overload.
replacement fuses are available with an led which will light up if the fuse blows...pretty handy
mike
if the fuse material is blowed and spattered with black carbon traces, that indicates at some time there was a short circuit. ( and you need to be aware that there may be a rubbed through wire somewhere on that circuit)
if the material has merely sagged and parted, that is the result of an overload.
replacement fuses are available with an led which will light up if the fuse blows...pretty handy
mike
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I doubt that caused the blown fuse...assuming you have a quality tender. I do that all the time with my Schumacher tender. I agree with a previous post that a blown 20 amp fuse is nothing to dismiss. Something pulled a lot of current through that circuit for that fuse to blow, so if I were you, I would be looking for the culprit.
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The dealer never told me my limited came with the harness and I never thought about it until I got home. I was pissed I didn't take the one I had on the 2010 Ultra off before trading. The next day I was looking all over the bike trying to familiarize myself with what and where everything was on the Limited and found the harness all snuggled up under the left side cover.
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