| Author | Message | ||
     Lucas70374 |
Ok guys you may know I built that 90inch motor. I'm almost done however I had a short in the electrical system before I did the build. It would blow fuses once bike what hot. So i figured verything else was new let's just change the wiring harness to a 12 harness since bike was a 9. This is what I have a 2003 xb9r with a 12 harness and a 12 ECM. When I hit the start button all I get is a ticking in the relay. I changed the relay to ones I knew worked and still same thing. I was planning on verifying to make sure the wires I. The fuses block and relay block went to the right places. Any suggestions ? | ||
| Glitch |
New battery | ||
| Brumbear |
Battery Voltage +1 if that aint it you got a bad ground/connection | ||
| Lucas70374 |
I'll try a new battery. Battery tender shows it I be charged but I'll also check my grounds as well. I got a battery in another one of my race bikes. I'll pull it just to rule that out. I'm hoping that's it and nothing else | ||
| Bumblebee |
Battery tenders: You need know how to interpolate what the two lights are telling you. If your battery won't crank the engine and the tender says the battery is charged after 20 seconds - your battery is toast. The tender uses voltage to control it's function. If the battery is healthy, but just low on charge when connected the red light will come on and will stay on for several hours. How long depends on the capacity of the battery and the state of charge. Once the voltage of the battery rises to a predetermined level the green light will come on and switch to a very low charge rate, if you have a Battery Tender Plus the green light will flash telling you the charger is in a slow charge mode to get maximum charge into the battery. The tender charges at a preset rate (1.2 amps or so) until the the voltage comes up. If the battery is less than full charge the voltage will be low because the current into the battery is limited to 1.2 amps, while it charges, but if the battery can't hold a charge the voltage will rise very quickly turning the green light on quickly because the battery didn't store any useful amount of electricity. So if your battery won't crank the engine when connected to a tender the red light should be on for at least six - but maybe as many as 12 hours before the green comes on. After connecting the tender I check back in a couple of hours to check to be certain the battery really is charging. Also the charger will get quite warm when it's in charge mode and the red light is on. So, now you know... (Message edited by Bumblebee on November 03, 2010) |
