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FZS600 Fazer / Light mod on mk1 is draining battery?
« on: 19 April 2016, 08:22:55 pm »
Hello folks,
I have 1998 model and have installed the light mod. It looks much better, but after a week or so the battery goes flat. I thought battery was problem as it was drained few times last year so I bought a new one, which worked awesome for a week or so, and then it went flat today. I charged it now and measured the fallowing
Battery alone 15min after charging 13.3 V
Battery connected to system, engine off 13.25 V (i have scorpio alarm directly connected to the battery for two years, never problems so far. Alarm charges when engine is running [that is what they say])
engine idling 14.14 V with lights off, 14.25 on 5000rpms with lights off
lights on (with mod) 12.72 idling (and looks like it is going down slowly), 13.42 on 5000rpms
I did drive A LOT this week on very low rpms, more then 200km at idle or around 2000 rpms as I was practicing a on school parking space. I also drove a lot in the slow traffic with low rpms.
I am thinking to disconnect the mod in the weekend in order to test the new battery, just to confirm that it drives nice after f.eks. a month.
Did anyone experienced something similar with the light mod? Or could it be that by driving on low rpms, the battery took the hit?
I have 1998 model and have installed the light mod. It looks much better, but after a week or so the battery goes flat. I thought battery was problem as it was drained few times last year so I bought a new one, which worked awesome for a week or so, and then it went flat today. I charged it now and measured the fallowing
Battery alone 15min after charging 13.3 V
Battery connected to system, engine off 13.25 V (i have scorpio alarm directly connected to the battery for two years, never problems so far. Alarm charges when engine is running [that is what they say])
engine idling 14.14 V with lights off, 14.25 on 5000rpms with lights off
lights on (with mod) 12.72 idling (and looks like it is going down slowly), 13.42 on 5000rpms
I did drive A LOT this week on very low rpms, more then 200km at idle or around 2000 rpms as I was practicing a on school parking space. I also drove a lot in the slow traffic with low rpms.
I am thinking to disconnect the mod in the weekend in order to test the new battery, just to confirm that it drives nice after f.eks. a month.
Did anyone experienced something similar with the light mod? Or could it be that by driving on low rpms, the battery took the hit?