How to Test Motorcycle Battery & Charging System-Multimeter or Voltmeter | DIY
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2017
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We show you how to easily test your motorcycle battery & charging system using a simple inexpensive digital multimeter right in your very own shop or garage. No need to go running to a dealership to spend money. Be in the know on whether you actually need a new motorcycle battery or not. Or you may find it's not the battery at all and a charging system problem instead.
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Your battery may even be holding a charge, but it's the cold cranking amps that may determine if your battery needs replacement.
In this video, we show you how to choose the correct settings on your multimeter & complete all the necessary tests.
Set the multimeter/voltmeter to DC volts (20v range). The particular multimeter listed on this page (left) has an actual 12v setting, making it very easy. Many volt meters might only have a 20v setting, which is the one you should choose and will work the same.
Note: These multimeter settings will be used for all the below motorcycle battery and charging system tests.
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Static Battery Voltage Test:
Make certain you have not recently charged your motorcycle battery. Let it sit for at least an hour after disconnecting it from a charger. Turn on your ignition so your headlights are on and other accessories for about two minutes and then turn the ignition off. This is to get rid of any surface charge.
Place the voltmeter leads to the battery terminals. (positive to positive and negative to negative). A good battery should read between 12.4 to 12.6 volts, 12.6v being optimal. If it reads below those values then your battery is not keeping a full charge.
Starting Battery Load Test: (cold cranking test)
Next, you'll need to determine the cold cranking power that your battery is capable of.
Place the voltmeter leads to the battery terminals. (positive to positive and negative to negative).
Now, start your motor. Good readings will be above 10v, 9.6v being the absolute lowest you'd want to see. If it drops below the 9.6v, the battery has a very low capacity and should be replaced.
Charging System Test:
Next, you'll want to determine if your charging system is working and properly feeding your battery when the motorcycle is running.
Place the voltmeter leads to the battery terminals. (positive to positive and negative to negative).
Start your motor and bring the RPM's up to approximately 3,000. You'll want to see a reading of 13.8 to 14.5 volts to know that your stator and regulator/rectifier are operating properly and charging your battery. If not, then you likely have a motorcycle charging system problem.
Best Practice & Battery Maintenance:
Consider keeping your motorcycle battery on a simple inexpensive battery tender that just plugs into a wall outlet. The tenders come with a pig tail that you can hook permanently to your battery. It just has a positive and negative lead to hook to the battery. Most new Harley's all come with the pigtail already installed. Just plug it in and it maintains your battery.
It's an inexpensive way to assure you get the most life out of your motorcycle battery. Even during the summer warm months you can use it, such as a time you may not be riding for a week or so. The worst thing you can do is just let your motorcycle battery sit without being on a tender for longer periods of time. Who wants to prematurely buy a new expensive motorcycle battery?
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Thank you for posting this informative and easy to follow video. I just bought my 2010 heritage last week. I noticed a hesitation/pause when trying to start the bike. I followed your directions and ran the test twice. First time, the voltage dropped to 8.xx volts when cranking. I waited 5 minutes to perform the 2nd test, and the voltage read 7.xx volts. Based on those numbers, the battery has definitely seen better days. The charging system appears to be good, the voltage while ruining was 14.05v to 14.09 volts. Buying a new battery tomorrow. Thank you again for the help.
Thank you Mr. Ryan for your demonstration. I'm a new HD owner with limited knowledge of what my slow starter issue was until I watched your video. Now I'm going to buy a Multimeter and get to work. Your video really gave me a better understanding of what I'm dealing with. Thanks
Ryan, that was excellent. Funny thing is I just had the same problems with my bike. Battery checked good, charged all the way and started very well but there was just something wrong with that battery and I replaced it so I don't get stranded somewhere.
Dude, you do the best explanations. You stay focused on what is important and the bike riders care about. So many other videos are just filling time with mindless chatter. I suspect my Regulator is toast
Thanks for the video. I just checked my battery and while cranking over it was as low as 7. something and it wouldn’t even start earlier so definitely time for a new battery.
Thanks Ryan putting out this video. - Been having some issues with my bike (UK Triumph Tiger 955i) starting. With the help of your video I was able to check out my battery and charging system. You certainly have a good way of explaining things. Much respect to you from the UK, David.
Straight to the point and direct info. Very helpful video thanks!
Great video! First time coming across this and well put together, clear and appreciate the comparison of a working vs non working battery cranking. Thanks!
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This is the best battery test video Ive seen .Helped me a lot. Thank you.
Simple and to the point, great job. Maybe for those not familiar with a meter you'll want the "V" with a straight line for DC volts opposed to the "V" with the wavy line indicating AC volts.
Thanks for the tip. Just bought a multimeter for my bike and all this is all foreign to me lol.
@@IndyMotoRider being an electrician, it’s one of my daily tools but you are going to use dcv when looking for voltage. Black lead goes on negative or black, red lead does positive, if you swap them it’ll just show reverse polarity when checking voltage and say -12vdc. Also when looking for ground faults or shorts, you want the diode scale, it’s an arrow pointing towards a line and when you touch the leads together it should beep and or go from OL ( open line ) to 000 which indicates 0 ohms or a dead short. So if a wire is touching ground, you’d put your negative lead on ground or a negative terminal and the other on the wire you think is grounded. You should get a beep or a read out of a short. When reading through bulbs 💡 you will get a short, but that’s normal. Do a little research, you’ll figure it out. Best of luck
Thanks
Very nice video & well explained. I test my battery directly from the pigtail of the battery tender. No need to remove a seat and move wiring harnesses around for a simple test.
Mind blown 🤯 haha… all this time I’ve been removing the seat to put the meter on the battery while pig tails are staring right at me. 😳 thanks!!
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Great job..Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.. Lance
Excellent information. I never thought of measuring the voltage while starting...It's 04.00 a.m. and I have learned something usefull. I feel confident that I can do this!
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Great video! Very similar to car batteries and charging systems, it just always seems like bikes are magical in how they do things. Thanks again for the information!!
U betch and thanks for the shout out.
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Thanks for sharing.
I just learned how to make video tutorials, and your videos are inspiring for me.
Great video. Well explained. Love your info from a fellow LEO 25 years. Thanks
Rock on. Fellow LEO!
Great video explains all aspects of the battery charge, crank amps & charge while started. most people get ripped off when they are told battery is charged must be the charging system, this shows you to check the start amps as well.
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What a fantastic video. Its winter and my battery is having trouble starting in the mornings. I recently changed the stator and rectifier so im not sure if thats the problem but now i know what to look for and understand how to perform the tests. Thank you so much!
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Fantastic demonstration
Without this video I would of ended up buying a new stator for my bike.
Popped a new battery in my bike after endless charging it. And what are the chances that a new battery would show it had a dead cell
Well after watching this video it cleared some answers
Thank you and keep up the good work 👍
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You are a rock star! Thank you for all the great videos!
Thank you Jesse. I appreciate that very much!
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Thanks for the information. I’m having starting issues and hope this helps me identify the cause. Cheers
Super helpful. Thanks, man! 👍
Awesome video man! I was looking for a basic test for a 12 volt system, although for a polaris 4whlr, this was the best one I found. Needed some numbers to work with as well.Regulator/rectifier was the culprit. I also use a battery tender, always have and swear by it. Minimum of 5 yrs from every battery!!!
That's awesome George! Glad we could help.
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Great video! It is definitely useful for those who only have an affordable multimeter.
I own a 2017 Indian Chieftain Limited. I live in NE Utah where the temperatures are very cold in the late fall, winter, and early spring. My bike starts with very little issue at 32 deg. F.
I have both a decent grade multimeter and an OTC Tools digital battery tester. Oftentimes, I'm only using the multimeter because it's more compact and quicker to use than my battery tester.
On a side note;
Before deciding to replace the battery, check and verify that all battery connections are tight. I've witnessed many times that the culprit has been simply a loose connection. I've also seen on occasion a bad crimp on the battery cable termibal.
As always, I enjoy your videos.
As always, your videos have helped me again.
Right on Chris, glad to help.
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A most comprehensive guidance I even have seen ever, brilliant explications makes all damn thing clear as a bright sky. Special thanks for commenting the overall testing process, finding out a stator testing, whatnot. Definitely will subscribe in. God Bless and Ride Safe!
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Very helpful, I was curious as to how you would diagnose whether you had a battery issue or whether it was the alternator/stator, this clears it up a lot
Great presentation! Got straight to my problem and solution!
Good simple, straight forward, no frills (read: confusing B.S.) realistic useful instruction. It was a great help to me. Thank you!!
Straight forward?! The intro ruined it
Video was very helpful, thanks for taking time to make it
U betcha!!
thanks you for the help man i found out it was the battery and thank god it wasn't the stater or rec/reg
Very detailed and helpful video, thanks.
I have 2013 dyna wide glide factory battery, lately it been slow starting, so battery is 4 years old, after watching your video how test battery, I went out check my battery on load I got 9.6, I went to HD got new battery & put it in & check load, OMG what different check out 10.9 to 11, big different start so much better......Thanks Ryan for the information how to check battery on video.
That's awesome Mark. Glad we could help!
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Great Video and cool shot of Bickleton too!
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Great informative video.
Doing this tomorrow. Thanks.
Thank you Ryan. Great lesson.
U betcha!!
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Thank You Sir! Very Informational. Just completely replaced main wiring loom. But has crank no start now. Narrowed it down to 3 things due to this video battery, stator and fuses. Hell replace enough parts things become new again haha
Great info, thanks for the great videos you and your team produce
Electrical has always been my biggest weakness. Your video is priceless. Saved me the price of a battery. Faulty trickle charger. Thank you. Be safe
Glad it helped
Very useful. I have a battery on the way out. Will check tomorrow!
Thank you for this video, I followed everything you said and it helped me. Excellent video
last fall, i made a trip to the mountains. About a week before the trip my bike was sounding like your StreetGlide. I figured it would be ok so off we went. The trip was about 2.5 hours and when I stopped to get gas, the bike did not crank. I pushed it off, got it running and onto the motel we went. Later we went for dinner, it cranked fine but after dinner, I had to get a boost to get back to the motel. The next morning I got another boost and straight to the store we went for that NEW battery. Live and learn. When your bike starts to crank slow, do yourself a favor and head straight to the store.
Excellent excellent video!! I was having an issue with my bike becoming more reluctant to start, this videos helped me pin point the issue. New battery - problem solved. Thanks!!
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Another great video, excellent information! I keep my bike on the tender at all times that I'm not riding and it's only on the second battery in 13 years. Good luck at the NAMOA this week!
Thanks Al. Hope all is well with you bro.
2 batteries in 13 years?... wow what type batteries do you use?
Great video. Everything I needed was in this video. I just subscribed and I look forward to more videos.
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Amazing video. Clear content and too the point.
great healpful video thanks!!
Cool very imformative appreciate this , will join soon as get some legal tender!
This is why I am a patreon Ryan you keep it real this stuff is what we need thanks once again
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Excellent video very important ....thank you BMW can you please talk about symptoms of bad voltage regulator?
A good, useful video .... thanks a bunch.
Good video with useful numbers. I think you should have mentioned that the meter needs to be switched to DC mode when checking out bikes and AC for house wiring. Some guys may not be conversant with test meters.
very well explained . straight to the point & zero bullshit👍
Great video as are all of your others. Really liked the opening shots of Bickleton. Obviously you stopped at the Bluebird!
Yes, it was the Bluebird!!
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Thanks. Clear instructions.
Thanks, finally, a video I could understand and follow along with.
Glad it helped!
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Great video and explanation Ryan. Love your videos.
I appreciate that!
superb explainer mate. Keep up the good work
Subbed ! Thumbs up to this video ! Thank you !
Great video. I was wondering about my reg/rect as they can be twitchy, after starting it jumped to over 14v so all good, phew, panic over. Many thanks. 👍
simple and easy to understand = great vid
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Makes perfect sense. Thank you!
Good tips thanks mate
Most useful video on checking battery voltage for my slow cranking Road King.
Glad it helped
Great video. Thanks for the info
Another great reference video. Many thanks from UK 👍
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thanks for the great video. I know how to use a mtr now 👍
Good video!
Awesome video, to the point no messing around very helpful... keep up the good work and you have a new sub 👌✊💨
Rock on!!
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Thanks! Very helpful. Going to use your video to test mine today. Having issues w starting and also battery light comes on after 10 min of riding and bike dies.
Same here. How did you go with your testing and how you resolved the problem? Cheers brother
Thanks 👍 👍 that's exactly what was wrong with my bike, never used a multimeter before but after watching the video how could I go wrong.
Great video thanks for the help
Thank you talking directly and being well organized.
My pleasure and thank you for the positive feedback.
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thanks! helped a lot!
Excellent explanation!
Thanks!
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Another thing. Check the Ground lead for Corrosion. Even where it connects to the frame. I fixed a few cars that had trouble starting because of a Bad Ground. When I upgraded my 15 Street 750 to a Hard Drive Lithium, I also upgraded the cables. To Sumax 4 gauge. The copper ground stud on my frame had some oxidation on it.
Great info Chris. Thanks for sharing!
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I had the negative lead get loose a while back. Bike started to surge and the instruments went nuts. Took off the seat and turns out that the negative lead was almost completely disconnected.
Another reason to remember that when they say to check all fastenters regularly, they mean ALL fasteners, not just the ones that hold the bike together, things like the battery terminals and speedo cable as well.
Thanks Ryan for this valuable info.
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Great video
Always enjoy your videos. No frills explanations and straight to the point. I have a question. I have a trickle charger. I typically unhook the battery then hook the charger to it. Can you charge it using the battery tender below the seat instead or is that not recommended? Wasn't sure if leaving it hooked up and using the tender was an easier way
Really nice informative video but the talk about cold whether got me wondering if things are different for us equator folks.
Good video, however, I have a suggestion for another video that may relate, if you haven't already done a video on it, if so, disregard, lol. Anyways, it may be helpful to show how to check for amp draw with a meter, which would be helpful when looking for something that may be draining a battery, as an open circuit, or an accessory that may have been added incorrectly. I've used this technique on cars over the years, and once on my Triumph. Just a thought!
Thank you! I appreciate the input. I'll see what i can put together.
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Has said video been made ?
Great video, described the fault on my softail perfectly, thank you. Question - in your video, there is a small black component about 3 inches long, resting on the battery. What is that?
Very helpful thank you!
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LOL. I clicked on your link above for battery tender and it landed e at amazon on the very one I placed on my wish list last week. I went ahead and purchased it because I had some rewards points to buy it with and also found a free shipper in the list. All of you bikers should at least buy you a volt meter. Always make sure at your battery connections or even check it from your tender pigtail and make sure when your engine is running that you are putting out at least as 14.3 volt charge
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My Deltran 12V battery tender junior charger maintainer cane in the 14th of this month. My advice to biker owners is get one! I plugged mine in where my softail sits in the garage and the red charge stayed on about 10 minutes then the blinking green then the solid green. I just left it unto an hour ago and decided to go do my 2 to 3 day startup and before starting my battery had 12.95 volts. One throttle and chole and starter turned much faster than it usually does. While I was at it being my seat was off I used my volt meter I bought off amazon a year ago and my system is charging 14.5 which is where its been for the past 1.5 years. Back to the battery tender guys get one of these. The link Ryan has goes directly to it
You have a great wristwatch in this video. Hot damn that is nice!
Thanks a bunch man.well done.
No problem 👍
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Great video as always.
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Cool welcome to Canada ride safe . 🇨🇦
good video on the meter and battery..
Awesome. Glad it was of use
Love the channel and excellent video. We’re both batteries fully charged when you ran the tests? Thanks, keep the vids coming.
This really helped me today. Mine was reading good but sluggish start. Tried the cranking and it dropped considerably. My Grizzly doesnt have pull start so im stranded if it fails when hunting and the walk back is rough.
Yo I got that same chain wrist except mines not a tattoo it's a shortened bike chain with a latch.
Yours looks more comfortable.
Thanks for the vid, ride safe
great at explaining
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My drz 400 dies after 5 seconds, (i serviced carb before this) light flickers and throttle is bogging.... is it rectifier?
thanks, great knowledge
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Hello i have a question i test my stator whit multimeter acv.
I start the bike but 0 reading
Would you said is bad?
Hey thanks for the simple directions, having issues with my girl. Just dropped in a new battery and seems to be giving me problems still. Will test it to see if its the stator or regulator with your help...
Deuces.....
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