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Originally Posted by Hersbird
I have seen batteries show good voltage but they didn't have the cranking power to start a motor. You shouldn't let a battery completely drain. And you shouldn't constantly charge it either. Those good battery tenders Old Mechanic mentioned do a good job but otherwise you should disconnect the battery if you are going to leave it for months especially if you have some current draw somewhere. I bet its a combination of overcharging while running or on a charger and sitting a long time with a draw.
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Yea, I certainly don't want a battery to completely drain and trying to figure out why it is doing so. I will certainly be disconnecting the battery now after every use/test until I figure out what is causing the drain. I have used battery tenders on battery 1 and 2. At one point I thought the tenders/chargers were at fault but the last battery never touched a charger and I was hoping I could find the cause of the drain with drops in voltage but unfortunately there were no drops in voltage so I kinda thought maybe my problem was over. But then I tried to start the scoot only to find out this battery is shot too. Now, to find that drain. Hmm.. How do we do that? Tomorrow I hope to get my new battery from Amazon and I will post volts at idle and with rpms. However, I think drain is happening when not running as my last battery ran no longer that 10 minutes and it eventually died as well. I will also perhaps try to replace the regulator as I have no idea where else to start, besides some tips here which I will reread and attempt to test any of the replies that have suggestions.
Here is a question. Lets say at one point in time I had a tender or charger connected to the battery while connected to the bike and maybe it was more charge than trickle or maybe the leads were incorrect. Could this possibly break anything on the bike causing it to fry every battery connected moving forward? If so which piece would it damage and maybe I should replace?
Thanks guys