2019 Odes Comrade 650 Jump Start

[Brian Lytle 0]

2019 650 comrade within the last two weeks I have had to jump start my odes something is staying on I have checked all lights etc I took off negative cable it sparked on me taking it off what the ?

[Alex 0]

Any aftermarket accessories? It is possible that the battery is just not holding a charge.

[Travis 121]

If you have a volt meter, set it to DC 20 volts, put + to + and - to -

Then start it, or crank it over, if the voltage drops to 10 or below its bad.

Also most auto parts stores test batteries for free.

[Brian Lytle 0]

Ok thank you 

[Brian Lytle 0]

8 hours ago, Alex said:

Any aftermarket accessories? It is possible that the battery is just not holding a charge.

No just stock I have it parked at father in laws he said something about lights on stereo staying on but I dont know why it would do that?

[Chick Collins 6]

If it sparks when you remove the negative cable, something is still powered up, and draining the battery. 

[Dan B 40]

Disconnect the negative battery terminal.  Get an ammeter and connect it between the negative battery terminal and the negative battery cable.  Then start pulling fuses until you notice a drop in the ammeter reading.  That's the problem circuit.  1/4amp or less is okay.  That could be caused by a clock or standby current for the ECU.  You're looking for a larger current draw that would cause the sparking that you noticed.  Take the battery and see if they can test it.  The problem with these smaller batteries measured in Amp Hrs instead of CCA is that some places can't check them.  Their equipment is calibrated in CCA.  Some use an unreliable method of converting Amp Hrs to CCA by multiplying Amp Hrs x 7.5.  At least it will give you something to test against.  I keep a trickle charger on my SxS battery.