Cause and Effect? No start issue.

[cavcom278]

Ok before I go any further my problem was the starter would engage for about 1 second then the turn signals all start flashing and the red led on the EHC would go out. ( NO START) So I figured I had a bad ground as the battery showed 13.4 and was always on the tender when not in use , I had this problem some time back. So I started going through the starting system by cleaning all the cable ends , both ends of the ground and positive cables. checked and cleaned cable connections on the starter and checked for power on the green wire all ok. Also removed the starter solenoid and cleaned the contacts with some fine grit sandpaper. They had some small pits nothing bad at all and everything looked very good. I also cleaned the terminal legs on the battery with a fine gasket cleaning disk. Soooo i put it all back together and it started twice then the same problem again. Ok i was ill about this problem and stopped and took a break......
After some time i figured ok i'll re check the battery and sure enough 13.0 volts ( Braille B2015 ) so i figured lets go load test it and off we went. Went to the local auto parts store where a friend of mine works and load tested it first on 325 CCA setting. (CHECKED GOOD) Then i remembered that this battery is a 425 CCA battery and rechecked the load test. BINGO BAD so picked up a new AGM 325 CCA and went home. installed the old battery first just to check something. I gator clipped my multimeter to the battery and checked voltage 12.9 so i hit the starter and it dropped to 6.5 ? So i swapped in the new battery after charging for 3 hrs and ZAP it fired right up. So for all the trouble the lesson learned is " CHECK THE BATTERY FIRST".
NOW IT'S TIME TO RIDE...... I hope this helps somebody out in the furture.

 

[woodbutcher]

thanks for the post, it helps confirm what we try to tell everybody. check your connections and then get the battery checked, no matter how old it is.

 

[Little-Boo]

thanks for the post, it helps confirm what we try to tell everybody. check your connections and then get the battery checked, no matter how old it is.

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Carlos

 

[woodbutcher]

Or how new it is. Speaking from recent experience

most definitely.

 

[cavcom278]

The battery came on my 2007 K9 when I got it 36 months ago. The issue I had was not being able to date code the Braille battery as I could not find a date or build code anywhere on the battery. Is there something I am missing?

 

[cavcom278]

Before I post anything else I would like to " GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MEMBERS HERE " for all the info that's been provided here , all you have to do to fix your Bigdog is search the forums for just what the cure is for your problem. THANK YOU to the members here and I will pass this info on to any Bigdog riders I run across in my home state of tennessee. THANK YOU.!!!!!!

 

[woodbutcher]

no date code unless you got the original paperwork that came with the battery from the original purchaser. 3 years ain't bad, probably about time to replace it. my first one lasted about 2.5 years and it kinda just fell on it's face one day. happy enough with it to have gone ahead and bought another one to replace it.