RIP Kit with Dead Battery

Brew · Jul 13, 2015

I would make sure that you have a good battery in the scoot and yes a bad battery can cause that buzzing. I had a similar issue happen with my scoot, but it turned out to be a shorted wire to my rear tail light under the fender. My ESC would buzz, not quite as bad as yours is doing but my lights were flickering along with the buzzing sound. I picked up something on the highway when they had the ash fault tore up and they didn't clean up the road. My right rear light harness got chaffed and was arching against the inner fender.

If you get a good battery installed and the same thing happens, then the best way to troubleshoot is to disconnect the RIP connectors one at a time until the buzzing stops. When the buzzing stops, that's the circuit that'll be bad. Just keep in mind anytime you troubleshoot the electrical system, always do it with a known good battery. That means have the battery load checked to verify its good, I can't stress this enough!!!

BadDawg Bill · Jul 13, 2015

Yep...

kickstart · Jul 13, 2015

xxcarpxx said:
OK, The Charger was showing the Battery wasn't taking a charge but my voltmeter shows 12.9 VDC.. Also bumping Post to Post with a Wrench showed no arc.. We took a Harley 310cca battery from my buddies bike and it would roll over the motor a couple times....

When you say bumping post to post with a wrench are you saying that you placed a wrench across the battery terminals ?
If so that could fry everything.

woodbutcher · Jul 13, 2015

xxcarpxx said:
It was a new battery, I installed 2 weeks ago when I did the RIP Kit... But Im going to try a new battery.. Thanks for the info..

Yes, Post to Post.. But the Post did not have any leads hooked to them...

i had (2) NEW interstate batteries within a week and a half and they both ended up being in worse shape than my original 4 year old battery was. they both left me stranded. make sure it is good, even to the point of getting the new battery load tested before you buy it.

Iman · Jul 13, 2015

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woodbutcher said:
i had (2) NEW interstate batteries within a week and a half and they both ended up being in worse shape than my original 4 year old battery was. they both left me stranded. make sure it is good, even to the point of getting the new battery load tested before you buy it.

Tom My interstate lasted me 6 years. its that salt water where you live thats draning your batteries

woodbutcher · Jul 13, 2015

Iman said:
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Tom My interstate lasted me 6 years. its that salt water where you live thats draning your batteries

now, paul, you only live about 20 miles away from me and you know it. maybe interstate just had a bad run when i got my 2 but i feel it is my responsibility to make people aware of my situation so they can make an informed decision. hope all is going well on your end of the country.

Iman · Jul 14, 2015

woodbutcher said:
now, paul, you only live about 20 miles away from me and you know it. maybe interstate just had a bad run when i got my 2 but i feel it is my responsibility to make people aware of my situation so they can make an informed decision. hope all is going well on your end of the country.

Tom, I'll tell you why I got 10 years out of my interstate. First whenever you buy one, make sure you squeeze the middle of it. has to be firm. like when you squeeze fruit at the super market. The firmer it is, the fresher it is

woodbutcher · Jul 14, 2015

first you say six years, then you say 10 years. next thing you know, that damn battery in your '08 will be 20 years old. you been around doug too long, you can't remember how to tell the truth!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry fucker.

kickstart · Jul 14, 2015

xxcarpxx said:
It was a new battery, I installed 2 weeks ago when I did the RIP Kit... But Im going to try a new battery.. Thanks for the info..

Yes, Post to Post.. But the Post did not have any leads hooked to them...

Still not a good thing to do, hot to ground without resistance could cause the battery to rupture or explode.

BWG56 · Jul 14, 2015

woodbutcher said:
first you say six years, then you say 10 years. next thing you know, that damn battery in your '08 will be 20 years old. you been around doug too long, you can't remember how to tell the truth!!!!!!!!!!! sorry fucker.

I wonder if he's even sure it was an Interstate!!!!!!

And its never a good idea to dead short a battery, unless its in a field and your about 100ft away

woodbutcher · Jul 15, 2015

BWG56 said:
I wonder if he's even sure it was an Interstate!!!!!!

And its never a good idea to dead short a battery, unless its in a field and your about 100ft away

i'm just giving Paul shit about his battery. he's always bragged about it because he got it at wholesale from his brother. one of the batteries i bought, i pulled the label off of it and it was a completely different battery than what was presented by interstate. total mis-representation, in my opinion. YUASA 270 cca does not equal interstate 310 cca. not in my book. i know i'm kicking a dead horse, but to the buyer, beware.

Iman · Jul 15, 2015

my interstate only lasted 2 years, i think i have an auto zone or something now. needed one quick before bike week, thats why i got a no name brand

woodbutcher · Jul 15, 2015

yeah, if you are only getting 13/13.1 at the battery with the bike running, take a look at the voltage regulator next (should be up around 13.8/.13.9). but also check the AC voltage out of the stator plug. that is the one that should really vary with the RPM of the motor.

TapioK · Jul 15, 2015

xxcarpxx said:
@Iman ..you almost had me sold in the Interstate...haha

It does seem the battery is what took the Dog down.. after some sloooow Customer Service from power sports battery, they are rushing me a new Power Source, Lighting Start battery...
Tonight I used a charged Harley Soft Tail battery and got the Dog running... But never got an increase of DCV over 13.-13.1 at the battery while revving the motor... I checked the Stator and believe it to be good...but I'm not sure on the Voltage Regulator.. I'll have to get some tips on checking it....

On a side note, I took my 3 week old battery to the local Metric shop to have the battery Load Tested... At first it would not take a charge..and was thought to be bad... then they connected it to different machine and used jumpers to bump my battery...it then started to take charge... the Tech said something about using the Jumpers to separate the plates in the cells.... I should know the final Bench Test Results tomorrow.....
Thanks for all that chimed in on being a dead battery....the way it was acting and buzzing had me worried I was having electrical issues again....

The old rule states, that if battery goes totally flat it loses half of it's capacity... No matter what you do it is practically ruined. If battery doesn't take charge it is totally flat, dead and crap, piece of shit and ugly ornament. No artistic value, nor any other value.

woodbutcher · Jul 15, 2015

did you happen to increase the RPM when you were checking the stator plug? the voltage should increase with RPM up to about 40 volts at higher revs.

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