I thought accidentally leaving my bike on all night would just drain the battery, but apparently not! I put it on the trickle charger and it read 13.8V when checked w/ the voltage meter. I also checked the fuses and none were blown....what else could be wrong??

 

Wrong with what? What's it doing, or not doing?

 

Basically NOTHING will turn on on my bike. No headlights no neutral light absolutely nothing will turn on ever since the night i left it on. Since the fuses were not blown and the battery is fine, what else could have gone wrong when the bike was left on for the extended period of time??

 

When I turn my ignition switch on, NOTHING turns on. No Headlights, neutral signal, absolutely nothing turns on. No fuses were blown and the battery is fine. What else could have gone wrong by leaving the bike on all night??

 

Did you check the main fuse that's not in the fuse box?

 

Yes I did. Let me correct myself, the only fuses I checked were the main 30 amp fuse and the 20 amp fuse directly behind it....

 

Check the other fuses.

How are you checking them? Do they have power on both sides?

 

if im not mistaken the trickle charger only sends a little current through the battery to keep it charged and healthy. Have you tried hooking it up to an actual battery charger?

I could be mistaken, but pretty sure itll take quite a while for the trickle to charge the battery.

I was curious so i googled it just to check my thoughts. Good explination

""every "trickle charger" I have ever used has been able to maintain the charge on a battery. I doubt they could charge a battery to full capacity.

If you look at the rated amp hour capacity of the battery, and divide that by the charger rating, that would be the the time it would take to charge it.

a 74 amp hour car battery and a trickle charger that does say 250 milli-amps would take 300 hours to charge.

A trickle charger will compensate for parasitic drain and that's about it. ""

 

Good point. When you got 13.8v on the battery, was that with the charger hooked up or standing after a long charge?

 

Good info. Im checking the fuses by just pulling them out and inspecting. I got 13.8V after charging for 13 hours, the charger was not hooked up when I tested the voltage. I have a gut feeling its the battery or some fuse is out, but other than the main fuse I don't really think it would blow out any others right?? I think my first step should be to try a new battery??