2000 gl1500 SE electrical issue


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Mikevest99
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2000 gl1500 SE electrical issue

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My wing is having trouble holding battery charge when ignition is in on position. Battery reads about 12.8-12.9 when fully charged but quickly draws down to 11 and lower with key in on. Pulled fuses and relays narrowed down to relay 3-6-8 and the 5 amp head fuse. But also the 8 and 2 fuses pulled together and relay 3 eliminate the draw. I’m not putting the pieces together well for some reason I can’t find the correlation. But when the headlights and instrument panel lights aren’t on I don’t have the massive draw. I will look into headlight circuits and clusters tomorrow if the rain isn’t bad. I have a crappy super start agm battery from AutoZone the weird thing is the bike has worked fine with this battery until now.


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Re: 2000 gl1500 SE electrical issue

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Batteries work fine, until they don't. Sounds like yours is going bad.
What is the current draw with the key on?
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