Battery/charging red light ON

[newrider1949]

Hello all, 2 day owner here!

Charge light stays on, but when metered at battery terminals, charge voltage seems fine and rises with revs which is pretty normal. Any ideas why light stays on?

TIA

Larry
Victoria BC Canada

[triton28]

Hello to you Larry from Nova Scotia;
There is a single Green/Blue wire located down in the area of your turn signal relay which when the bike was new would have been connected to an electrolyte sensor located inside the battery. This sensor is/was a push fit through the top of the battery where the fill plugs go and the tip of the sensor would have been immersed in the electrolyte and the Battery light on the dashboard would not have been illuminated provided of course the electrolyte was up to/close to the full designed level.
If you do not have this sensor, and the Green/Blue wire is NOT connected to a 12Volt + source then the light WILL be illuminated.
This light does not indicate level of alternator output voltage only the level of electrolyte OR the fact that the electrolyte level sensor is not present.
If you connect the G/Bl wire to 12V+, or to a working electrolyte level sensor, then the light should be off.
Look at part 27010B of the attached parts illustration.
Dave
https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/kawas ... -equipment