Too many PDM wires on battery post?

[olddog58]

I got the wiring cleaned up a little on my 2008 K9 that started the thread. But it was just by joining the bunch of wires together and having just one lead off the battery. My charge light still glows. I still haven't received my "pull up resistor" from BDPP as promised months ago. I just have to keep the bike on the trickle charger 24x7 so I can ride it.
I can't advise people enough- if you need a new computer- go with Wire Plus kit... costs more, but it's a real business, with real experience, and I think real success. This big dog PDM system is just an embarassment.

[olddog58]

Big Dog Bro 1- yes you did post that check for me earlier. But you have this caveat on it that says something like clip this lead to something "at your own risk"... so to a novice electrician that says "you can do this but I'd never do it to my own bike"...

So my big plan was to wait for the pull up resistor that BDPP has promised me. Then if I still have the issue, I start isolating electrical systems to find the bleed. I started this with an older analog electrical meter, but have a new digital meter now. I charge the battery to full, and connect only one of the positive battery cables (I have 5 including the two off the 40amp block). Let it sit for 48 hours and test battery voltage. I should be able to identify the circuit that is bleeding that way and help narrow down the culprit. But like I said, I was going to wait until I got and installed the promised pull up resistor.

[minermark]

I just had my PDM installed and my engine light glows just a tad, batt seem's to be fine.
As stated above you have a short, i would take the dog back to the shop that did the work period.....

[olddog58]

Yeah, I think my problem may not be related to the PDM at all. I've had so many bad thoughts about that thing... So I left the bike off the tender for about 10 days. The battery went from 12.8 Volts, down to 6.something Volts. My battery tender can't hardly keep up with the power drain, so I bought a full CHARGER, and now I'll start tracking down what circuit is pissing power.
Most threads related to the voltage regulator talk about it not puting out enough power, but do they also go bad by creating a drain?

[Slick-Dog]

I found on mine the wires coming off the ignition...1 had a tiny bare spot on it and it was a RED wire and some of the ground wires were broke on the terminal ends... redid them and so far ...allgood