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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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My 2009 electraglides battery has run downand and harley cant figure out why.I exchanged it but they couldnt find anything wrong.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:31 PM
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Quit playing the stereo while your polishing it.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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HD batteries in general are great. Sure, you may have gotten a bad one or you may have a parasitic drain. Only time will tell.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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How long do you go before rides and if for more than a week at a time do you keep a battery tender on it? If you put a meter to it, check for a short between the posts which could mean the cells are shorting. That would be accomplished by using the ohms setting. How about the voltage? Not sure where you are in Texas but if you are taking it to Barnett's in El Paso I highly suggest an indy. Heard too many horror stories about their service department. Good luck and let us know what you find out.
 
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Do you plug in to a tender every night?
 
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