nc30 help please

[shereen]

To cut a long story short, my bike will not start.

At first it was completely dead, then the neutral/ oil lights came on but still would not start. Pushed it 2 miles to my mechanic who has said either battery (it had a new one 6 months ago) alternator, voltage regulator or worst case all 3 of them.

Now my question is, would leaving the headlight switch constantly on (with ignition off) drain the battery? I used to just switch it on when I was going out for a ride, but my (all knowing) boyfriend told me to leave it on all the time as I kept forgetting to turn it on.

This was 1 week ago, today the bike fails to start....... coincidence?
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[anthony_r6]

I left the light switch on, on mine a couple of months back and it completely deaded the battery.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

No it won't drain the batery if you leave the light switch on with the ignition off. The ignition controls the main power to the bike, so even though the headlight is "switched on" this is largely irrelevent since there is no current going through the bike unless your wiring is up shit creek. The ignution breaks the circuit further upstream than the headlight is, so the headlight can't come on if it has no power.

I hope that sort of makes sense.

Basically when the ignition is off, but your light switched on, does the headlight come on? It shouldn't. If does you have wiring issues.

I would suspect Reg/rec failure on an NC30. They're well known to be rubbish. Bump starting it should work.
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[shereen]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Frost]

The NC30 reg/rec is the same type and fitment as for CBR600's up to a certain age at least. I fitted one to mine a bought a new battery and all was fine.

[ratfighters ftw]

that sound like the reg/rec i had 2 nc30's and an nc24 and all of them had the same problem.If i remember correctly a honda reg/rec is about £220 and a copy £70 but the cheaper only tend to last about a yr!

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[chris-red]

[ratfighters ftw]

^^^what he said^^^

[ratfighters ftw]

^^^what he said^^^

[ratfighters ftw]

^^^what he said^^^

[shereen]

Will just have to see what the mechanic says. I feel better knowing I can get that part cheaper if need be
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[shereen]

It just needed a new battery collected it yesterday
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[Damon]

[whitedevil]

+1 for checking the r/r and stator as you may be buying another battery if they're borked.
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[shereen]

[chris-red]

[Rogerborg]

[MaybeGuy]

predict identical thread next month.
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