The service manual says the leak current should be at MAX 0.20mA on a 954. When I measure mine ('02 954), I get a static reading of 1.28mA , that is 6x as much. Ok, its still a low number, but I feel unsafe about this.
My question: I'm looking for someone who has done this measurement and wants to tell me the reading he/she gots. Or someone who wants to measure this for me (I would be very thankful) .
Its very easy to mesure, the only thing needed is a screw driver and muli-meter. According to the service manual do this:
- Take a multi-meter and put it on 200mA - DC (20mA is also ok) . Put the red plug in the V/mA hole and the black plug in the COM hole.
- make sure your bike is turned off (remove the key to be sure)
- remove the sadle
- remove the "-" connector from the battery
- hold the red pin from the multi-meter to the disconnect '-wire' and hold the black pin of the multi-meter to the '-pole' of the battery. The number that pops up is your leak current.
Note: for people having HISS , and having it enabled (the red blinking led on the dash) only look at the reading when the led goes out. If the led goes on you will see an increase of the leak current, this is normal. I get 1.28mA when the led is out and a peak which varies between 16 and 19mA when the led goes on.
Why I need this :
Bike wouldn't start when I let it 4/5 days in the garage. Did the basic 'battery' tests the service manual says. But could not find anything wrong (besides the leak current). Before buying a new battery, I wanted to make sure, so I went to the stealership. They checked the bike and confirmed the battery was dead, so I ordered a new one. I also mentioned I had a leak currrent of 1.28mA , but they did not saw any abnormal reading. I discusses how I measured it (like I said above) and this is also the way they do it.
I wanted to show them that I got the 1.28mA but I had some other questions and finally I forgot to do this.... so right now I'm trying the new battery first, but in the mean time I would be glad to know what the story is with the leak current...
Thanks !
My question: I'm looking for someone who has done this measurement and wants to tell me the reading he/she gots. Or someone who wants to measure this for me (I would be very thankful) .
Its very easy to mesure, the only thing needed is a screw driver and muli-meter. According to the service manual do this:
- Take a multi-meter and put it on 200mA - DC (20mA is also ok) . Put the red plug in the V/mA hole and the black plug in the COM hole.
- make sure your bike is turned off (remove the key to be sure)
- remove the sadle
- remove the "-" connector from the battery
- hold the red pin from the multi-meter to the disconnect '-wire' and hold the black pin of the multi-meter to the '-pole' of the battery. The number that pops up is your leak current.
Note: for people having HISS , and having it enabled (the red blinking led on the dash) only look at the reading when the led goes out. If the led goes on you will see an increase of the leak current, this is normal. I get 1.28mA when the led is out and a peak which varies between 16 and 19mA when the led goes on.
Why I need this :
Bike wouldn't start when I let it 4/5 days in the garage. Did the basic 'battery' tests the service manual says. But could not find anything wrong (besides the leak current). Before buying a new battery, I wanted to make sure, so I went to the stealership. They checked the bike and confirmed the battery was dead, so I ordered a new one. I also mentioned I had a leak currrent of 1.28mA , but they did not saw any abnormal reading. I discusses how I measured it (like I said above) and this is also the way they do it.
I wanted to show them that I got the 1.28mA but I had some other questions and finally I forgot to do this.... so right now I'm trying the new battery first, but in the mean time I would be glad to know what the story is with the leak current...
Thanks !