RDWII
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I have been trying to trace out a parasitic drain. I was convinced that it was a lil led light that is in the 12 access point, although that didnt make sense as they pull insanely low current.
I put a switch on the line that feeds it, as I wanted to be able to use it when the bike was not running. Well, another dead battery, this time all the way down to .02 volts.
This time low enough that it wouldnt energize the brains of either of my chargers. I used my bench top power supply as I could control the current. Fed absolute minimum in for safety, and it rose to 5 volts in less than 15 seconds.
Switched to the tender, and its all good.
Then the
Moment...
I realized that i had been leaving my gps unit plugged in, charging the battery, for that entire time. meesa think that is my drain.
Like bugs bunny used to say, what a maroon.
http://www.veronicamcintyre.com/stuff/Bugs_Bunny_maroon.jpg
I put a switch on the line that feeds it, as I wanted to be able to use it when the bike was not running. Well, another dead battery, this time all the way down to .02 volts.
This time low enough that it wouldnt energize the brains of either of my chargers. I used my bench top power supply as I could control the current. Fed absolute minimum in for safety, and it rose to 5 volts in less than 15 seconds.
Switched to the tender, and its all good.
Then the
I realized that i had been leaving my gps unit plugged in, charging the battery, for that entire time. meesa think that is my drain.
Like bugs bunny used to say, what a maroon.
http://www.veronicamcintyre.com/stuff/Bugs_Bunny_maroon.jpg
