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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 19:29:50 GMT -5
Something is acting weird with the scooter and it just started.
My battery keeps getting drained.
It will be just fine, go all day long no problems, then all the sudden the battery will just drain.
If I put another battery on there, it works fine, but will drain that one at some point.
It's an AC scooter, and if I pull the battery wires while it's running, it stays running.
So the stator is working.
Not sure where this problem could be at.
Any suggestions before I go testing everything?
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 20:14:35 GMT -5
Okay.. I figured if I posted here, I would then walk out and solve the problem immediately.
Maybe I did.
It seems that it wasn't so much draining the battery, as it was just draining the peak charge of the battery.
The wire for the electrical system, coming off of positive, wasn't making good connection.
It seemed to be making connection, just not good connection.
When the battery was fresh, from a charge or just not being used, it had enough power to work.
But when the battery lost it's peak, it wouldn't.
When you pushed the ignition, you could hear the buzz of the starter trying to work, and it's 100% brand new. As is the solenoid.
That is because that's what I thought the problem was at first... it wasn't.
This scooter also has a battery gauge on the dash and I could see the voltage, and I could watch the voltage drop.
So I pulled that lead wire from the main cable and reattached it securely.
I plugged the battery back in and my battery gauge was higher than I had ever seen it.
Tried to start it and it had no problem.
Kept starting and stopping taking the peak charge away and it still worked better than ever.
So I am hoping that was the problem.
Reminds me of an old mustang I had.
If the battery cables weren't bolted down so much as the pieces fuse together, it wouldn't start.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 9, 2013 20:16:47 GMT -5
Oh.. and I think me buzzing the starter like that was what was completely draining the battery.
I guess I'll find out soon.
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Post by gy6girl on Apr 13, 2013 16:55:42 GMT -5
AAAAAHHHH!!!!  Well good grief!! I found the real problem, it was stupid, and staring right at me the whole time. I recently took scooter apart to paint it, and when I plugged the headlights back in I noticed there were two of the same plugs there. So I guessed, I plugged it in, and it worked no problem. It never registered until now... errr...  It's an AC scooter, the headlights shouldn't come on until I turn the scooter on. The plug I have it plugged into is an auxiliary and the other plug was for the headlights. So I have been riding around with my headlights being powered by the battery and running it down. Changed the plugs... and why yes!! Yes it was.  Now, to try to not feel too stupid... I do own a DC scooter where the lights do come on at the key and they shouldn't have two of the same damn plugs there. |
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