bowlerx
Member
hey guys,
so, on my 03 xpdi, i rode it about a week and a half ago. rode great. no problems. went to take it out on thursday and wouldnt start. checked the voltage on the battery and it was at 9 volts. thought that was weird, so i unplugged it and threw it on the charger. the next day i put it back in the ski and fired it right up. weather was crappy, so i didnt go out and left it in my garage. couple days go by and i checked the voltage just for the hell of it. came out as 10.5 volts.
now i have a power drain of some sort. i pulled the rectifier to check the diodes and it read .470, .462, .471. not sure what the numbers are supposed to be at and yeah, i have searched.
when the ski is charged enough to start it, it runs perfect. just if it has been sitting for a few days, the battery goes dead. kinda like if you left a dome light on in the car. also, the battery is maaaaayyybe 2 months old.
my questions are:
what are common electrical issues on a DI?
is my rectifier bad judging by those numbers?
how can i test for a power drain?
what are some methods you guys have done if the same thing happened to you?
please let me know if you guys have any insight. its just the beginning of the summer. i dont want to miss it cause of something that i am overlooking, lol. i appreciate it!
so, on my 03 xpdi, i rode it about a week and a half ago. rode great. no problems. went to take it out on thursday and wouldnt start. checked the voltage on the battery and it was at 9 volts. thought that was weird, so i unplugged it and threw it on the charger. the next day i put it back in the ski and fired it right up. weather was crappy, so i didnt go out and left it in my garage. couple days go by and i checked the voltage just for the hell of it. came out as 10.5 volts.
now i have a power drain of some sort. i pulled the rectifier to check the diodes and it read .470, .462, .471. not sure what the numbers are supposed to be at and yeah, i have searched.
when the ski is charged enough to start it, it runs perfect. just if it has been sitting for a few days, the battery goes dead. kinda like if you left a dome light on in the car. also, the battery is maaaaayyybe 2 months old.
my questions are:
what are common electrical issues on a DI?
is my rectifier bad judging by those numbers?
how can i test for a power drain?
what are some methods you guys have done if the same thing happened to you?
please let me know if you guys have any insight. its just the beginning of the summer. i dont want to miss it cause of something that i am overlooking, lol. i appreciate it!
