Battery Drain - Starting Problems
I'm having problems with my XTZ660.
The bike is used every day (occasionally 1 day without use) for short journeys to work - about 10 miles each way - in the dark at the moment.
Each day the battery gets less powerful until today (1 day without use)it whirred to start for 3 or 4 turns of the engine and then didn't have enough power to continue.
I've used jump leads to start it, and fortunately took them with me as it stalled on the way to work. A nice biker stoppped to help me out and we jumped it off his battery.
Possible problems:
* The battery is not re-charging because of the short distances?
* The rectifier is not working properly?
Is the rectifier the black metal-finned device inside the right fairing - mounted on the sub frame?
Can I test it? What voltage should be coming out of what Terminals? Can I test the current without actually splitting a wire?
Any help would be much appreciated, many thanks in davance.
Tony R.
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Tony Robson
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