FB400
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Hey all -
So the battery I replaced in April 2011 (scorpion) went dead today. I had ridden the bike probably 10,000 miles with it and had no problems. It normally lives on a battery tender but about a month before my trip to the dragon (september 2012 did 2500 miles) I took it off the tender to test if it would hold a charge. did well no issues then put it back on the tender.
Today I commuted to local locations with starts maybe 3 times when changing locations and a couple stops on the way home. Then did about an hour of mixed riding with very heavy traffic followed by a good cruising speed for maybe 20 minutes. I stopped about a mile from home and the bike wouldn't start. the pump primed and I got display but when hitting the start button the button just clicked.
Luckily I was able to easily roll start the bike and get home.
Once home I I hooked up this multimeter to the charging connector and
got 12.4 volts. When hitting the start button (clicks again) and drops volts down to 5.4 and won't start. After about only an hour on the tender the bike starts like nothing was ever wrong
Sorry for the long post but looking first off for advice on using this multimeter
1. The setting as shown in photo gives me voltage. What are the other settings used for?
2. Would a simple test of battery tell me if it is the battery or something else? ( it is entirely possible I just got a crappy battery off ebay).
Any help would be appreciated. I am pulling the battery out tomorrow morning to have it tested.
So the battery I replaced in April 2011 (scorpion) went dead today. I had ridden the bike probably 10,000 miles with it and had no problems. It normally lives on a battery tender but about a month before my trip to the dragon (september 2012 did 2500 miles) I took it off the tender to test if it would hold a charge. did well no issues then put it back on the tender.
Today I commuted to local locations with starts maybe 3 times when changing locations and a couple stops on the way home. Then did about an hour of mixed riding with very heavy traffic followed by a good cruising speed for maybe 20 minutes. I stopped about a mile from home and the bike wouldn't start. the pump primed and I got display but when hitting the start button the button just clicked.
Luckily I was able to easily roll start the bike and get home.
Once home I I hooked up this multimeter to the charging connector and
got 12.4 volts. When hitting the start button (clicks again) and drops volts down to 5.4 and won't start. After about only an hour on the tender the bike starts like nothing was ever wrong
Sorry for the long post but looking first off for advice on using this multimeter
1. The setting as shown in photo gives me voltage. What are the other settings used for?
2. Would a simple test of battery tell me if it is the battery or something else? ( it is entirely possible I just got a crappy battery off ebay).
Any help would be appreciated. I am pulling the battery out tomorrow morning to have it tested.
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