battery drainage issues

[tkent02]

I read the original as the battery is not draining when unhooked; but that even though its unhooked when not in use (so there is no parasitic drain),
it is draining and not recharging while being ridden.
Which would mean the stator or regulator (or poor connections)

Sentence can be read both ways.
Don't really know.
But a $5 meter and an hour spent reading would tell all.

[spyug]

One thing I'd like to mention about multimeters is, as I've just found out, make sure the 9 volt battery used is fresh. If one comes with the meter it may be a bit stale so change it out first otherwise your readings might be off .

I just checked an old battery that had sat in the cold man room all winter and my standard mmeter showed a voltage of about 13.5 volts. Pretty impossible as it hadn't been charged since Nov.. With a fresh 9volt it read 11.4v which was verified with another better quality meter.

Just some more information...hopefully to be helpful.

Cheers,
Spyug.

[duaneage]

Or better yet, splice and solder the wires together.

I'm not a fan of soldering these wires together, might have to undo them sometime when you don't have a soldering iron. New connectors are tight and clean, they should last another decade.

[tkent02]

I'm not a fan of soldering these wires together, might have to undo them sometime when you don't have a soldering iron. New connectors are tight and clean, they should last another decade.

Wire cutters work fine.

[jasonvorhees_kill]

just wanted to say thank you to all you guys for your ideas. ill be buying a multimeter today. thanks again guys