Battery Suicide..?

[Louise]

No problems with it before - Did a nice run from Portsmouth to Brighton, bit off a hoonage with a pillion.
Got home ok, to return to the bike 1 hour later - and its completly dead?
No lights/clocks/ignition - nothing.
Check Battery leads then tryed again - Clocks come on with the 'N' light flickering -
Is it new battery time?! - Bit shocked its just suddenly gone
I have it on charge, but the charger is saying 'full' and its only been on 30 mins.

[Snorty]

Checked the main fuse?
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[Pete.]

Did you turn the ignition switch to park when you locked it up?
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[Ichy]

Loose leads or poor contact?
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[Alpha-9]

N light pulsing is usually low battery afaik

fuses?
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[matto]

[Louise]

Never switch it to parking light - and I always check to make sure lights arnt on.
Fuses I have no idea on?! But the flickerin of the 'N' light to me said battery is dead - altho I cant see how
Will try again in the morning, but it has left me stumped
Surely a dead Battery would at least try to tick over the bike?
Even with the N light flickerin there was nothing - checked wires and both were solid on.

[Islander]

A dead battery might not have sufficient energy to run the starter motor. How tight were the connections (assuming you removed it to charge it)?

[Matt578]

I have had a battery commit suicide, also the one on my step mothers Ford KA Gave up the ghost the other day too. Best bet is to check with a multimeter that nothing is draining the battery and if it appears nothing is draining it then replace the battery with a new one.

Do you have access to a multimeter so you can check the voltage in the battery and check for a drain?
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[promufa]

what other said plus try to bump start it. If you manage that check that you charging system is not outputting something silly like 40V and fried the battery.
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[sickpup]

Sounds like internal corrosion of the starter relay. All the bikes power goes through it.

[Fizzer Thou]

It could be that a cell (one of six in a 12v battery) has decided to short out some of its plates.This may well show up on the charger as fully charged if the other cells are still good.

Louise - if you can jump start the bike using a car battery and the bike appears to run okay then it does sound as though you are going to be needing a battery as soon as.

https://www.tayna.co.uk/Kawasaki-ZX-6R-Ninja-Motorbike-Motorcycle-Battery-R2295.html
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[Kradmelder]

Battery can't hold a charge due to 1 or more cells dead. New battery time. If cells are dead it won't put out necessary voltage.


I had one go like that. Wouldn't even try and turn over. Couldn't even jump start. Wouldn't hold a charge. but push start was ok. Put it on tester and battery had dead cells.

No warning like slow start on cold days. Just one day packed up
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[bodger]

[ThoughtContro...]

Get a cheap meter and measure the battery voltage, currently ater a full charge and then the voltage with the bike running (to test the charging circuit, ie stator and reg-rec), assuming it's good enough to charge to ~13V. £5-10 spent on a meter saves hassle and reduces the guesswork when dealing with batteries and electrics.
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[Louise]

I had it on charge over night, and it seems perfectly fine now?!
Not had any problems since/
I am a bit stummped and the connection were all tight -
I will go and buy another battery this weekend - just incase.

[True Blue]

Measure the voltage during crank, make sure it's not dropping too low. 7 volts ish.
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