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Battery warning light

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by maz43, Jul 16, 2011.

  1. maz43

    maz43 Member

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    My Battery warning light started coming on when I start my bike.
    It was working fine with the original sensor.
    Bypassing the sensor by splicing into the tail light wire doesn't work.
    Are there some other connections I can check out?

    Thanks,
    Maz
     
    maz43, Jul 16, 2011
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    my battery sensor (or should i say the wire that used to go to the sensor) is tapped into the positive terminal of the battery...
     
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  3. maz43

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    I ran the sensor wire to the Positive terminal with no luck.
    Looking through my Haynes schematic showed a couple connections to check.
    The culprit turned out to be the connector in the headlight bucket.
    Cleaning it up fixed the problem.


    Maz
     
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  4. schmuckaholic

    schmuckaholic Well-Known Member

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    1) Check the battery itself. Mayhaps it's low on electrolyte.

    2) There's always this little doohickey.
     
    schmuckaholic, Jul 17, 2011
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    schmuckholic

    Thanks that doohickey write up is "classic"
     
    Dymek5, Jul 20, 2011
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