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#1 PostAuthor: captaincaveman » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:30 am

my mates asked me to look at his triumph daytona with an intermittent battery drain, any ideas on the best/most sensible way to approach?

looked online and seems like alot of people struggle to find fault and fit a battery isolator switch, he reckons that he tried that in the past and still drained and got red hot, hes got a new battery, so with a new battery and an isolation switch surely that would isolate all drains?(i know thats not a permanent solution)

I know its not a zed but any ideas? to give you an idea of the bike its a bitsa (part t955 part t509)running a 170 or 180 front wheel :lol:
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#2 PostAuthor: Pigford » Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:52 am

As you say - with an "in-line" switch for the battery is can't drain :??

Unless the terminal side he tried to isolate had a "fly-lead" attached and that was the cause :?:
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#3 PostAuthor: jphaynes669 » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:14 pm

What got red hot?
Switch or battery?
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#4 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Sat Mar 16, 2013 5:20 pm

Got to b a short,could be when the seat is down etc earthing a wire or terminal,connect a meter in series with the +ve lead to the frame and note any dc amps reading with all systems off,if you get a reading go round the bikes electrics to trace short while looking at the meter....
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#5 PostAuthor: captaincaveman » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:18 pm

Pigford wrote:As you say - with an "in-line" switch for the battery is can't drain :??

Unless the terminal side he tried to isolate had a "fly-lead" attached and that was the cause :?:


yeah i never saw it so not sure if it had a fly-lead?
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#6 PostAuthor: captaincaveman » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:20 pm

jphaynes669 wrote:What got red hot?
Switch or battery?



The switch, cant see it happening unless, as above, a fly-lead being an issue?
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#7 PostAuthor: captaincaveman » Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:23 pm

PAULJAC47 wrote:Got to b a short,could be when the seat is down etc earthing a wire or terminal,connect a meter in series with the +ve lead to the frame and note any dc amps reading with all systems off,if you get a reading go round the bikes electrics to trace short while looking at the meter....


Yeah thats something to try, also read somewhere put a meter set to current, between the negative side of battery and negative lead(eg putting between the two) to see if its draining with everything off, said something about the regulator having a common fault?
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#8 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:31 pm

Meter set to Dc amps in either the neg or pos side will show drainage! or charge if the motors running in the pos side!
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#9 PostAuthor: captaincaveman » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:46 am

PAULJAC47 wrote:Meter set to Dc amps in either the neg or pos side will show drainage! or charge if the motors running in the pos side!


cheers mate, will do, not sure how i got roped into this one, thats what happens when you mention re-wiring your own :lol:
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