steph g Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Hey All, I have a problem with my electrics / battery. Every time I do anything near the rear lights my battery drains flat. This time I was fitting a nice little rack to the back (fits to the same bolts as the lights). Rack fitted and went to start and it was dead. It's a new Varta Gel battery and was pretty much charged (a couple of weeks back). Sods law, I went to re-charge it and my charger was nacked so ordered up a new Oxford optimiser. This has happened a few times. Any ideas? Cheers.
Moderator DirtyDT Posted April 4, 2014 Moderator Posted April 4, 2014 What charger were you using? You can kill gel batteries if you don't use a correct one? I would also look for anything earthing out and draining the battery; a faulty switch or a wire touching earth.
steph g Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 It's a 12v trickle charger. Ordered up a new Oxford 900 now. I'll check for any faults. Thanks for the advice. As it happens I just got a call off a mechanic asking for a van livery. Will be offering a wee livery for a repair or two. Save me a few quid hopfully.
dt502001 Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 The brake light is the only thing fed all the time so I would check the brake light wiring must be rubed through some where.
slice Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Yeah have to agree must be a dead short somewhere unless you have cooked the new battery with a car charger.
steph g Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Hey Guys, The new charger showed no faults in the battery. Doing a wee contra with a mechanic and he's away with the bike and will check that when sorting a few other wee things. Be back on 2 wheel shortly my fat lazy ass does not like this walking nonsense. Thanks for the advice. 1
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