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Defective battery or charging problem or other?

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mike the bike:
The large current reading is, I  guess, the drain on the battery from the starter motor.   There should be a reading as it's charging, but yours isn't.
You could check the ac volts on the yellows and report back.

Well done on buying a clamp meter, they're more useful.

Bryanj:
OK there should be continuity between the white and green wires in the multi block to engine when disconnected but NO continuity to engine case. Numbers between yellows are fairly irrelevant unless you spent £100's on the meter as cheap meters are inaccurate at low resistance readings , if all 3 pairs are same its ok.

Connect the block connector back up and with lights and kill switch turned off put neg of metter to neg of battery them pos of meter to pos of batt and note reading then move pos of meter to white wire going to engine, note reading it should be same as battery voltage.
Report back your readings for further instructions

Dont want to be rude but played this game on the US board and people have a nasty habit of wandering off on a tangent and not reporting what was asked for.
Long distance electrical diagnosis is a swine

Moorey:
Might be a stupid question but are you sure it is a dc clamp meter as  very few of the cheaper end clamp meters are.  The ads for them are very misleading. Saying they are ac dc when in reality that only applies to voltage readings.

billdn:
Thanks for replies all, please forgive stupid questions, you're dealing with an electrical ignoramus here!
Mike - you mention checking ac volts across yellows -how would I do that?
Bryan  - would this be with ignition off or on and testing white wire when block reconnected just push probe into block where white is? Also kill switch in kill position or not engaged ?
Moorey - see attached pics of meter -don't know if it's right type or not!
Once again thanks for help and patience!

billdn:
I.T. idiot too forgot to add pics of meter! :-\

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