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________________________________ From: jason scott <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 2:38:25 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Alternator problem... 86 700s nh had no drainage tube for battery. acid was messing up frame and exaust. added drainage tube with no cap on the end. when i drove it the air syphoned out the battery acid. added water and capped the tube. everything back to normal. jason scott south carolina ----- Original Message ----- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:47 PM >Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Alternator problem... > >As on a car - if the alternator works, you can take the hot wire off the >battery while it's running & it shouldn't phase it > > >Sep 2, 2009 01:46:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >Hey All, >> >> >>Alright, so I have an electrical problem that is way out of my league, so I >>decided to tap into the expertise that I have seen running around this group. >> I realize that electrical problems are tough to diagnose, especially >>remotely, but I am gonna ask anyway... >> >> >>I bought an '82 Nighthawk 750 a while back (beginning of last summer) but >>didn't ride it very much until recently. I put a new battery in it almost 2 >>months ago and it has been running great ever since, until last week when it >>died in the middle of the road and then didn't have enough power to even turn >>the engine over. So I jump started it, rode it for a while (and got it >>home), but when I stopped it and tried to start it again, it still didn't >>have any juice. I hear a click and they lights come on, but still not enough >>power to turn over the engine. That makes me think one of two things: either >>the battery went bad again (which seems kinda unlikely since the lights work) >>or my alternator is not charging the battery. I have a battery charger, but I >>haven't hooked it up to that yet, so that part of the story will have to come >>later... >> >> >>So, finally, my question: is it possible that when I charged the battery >>initially (2 months ago), it gave it enough juice to start the bike at least >>several times a week until now? It is likely that my alternator/generator is >>toast and not charging anything? Or is it possible that it is just not >>putting out enough power to balance out the juice used while starting it? Or >>is there any other explanation that might help this whole thing to make >>sense- like a short in my system that is slowly stealing battery power? >> >> >>I appreciate any info/insight you guys might have... >> >> >>Thanks! >> >> >>Elliott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
