Battery drains over night

[Pals]

My yt 3600 battery drains over night I replaced it and still drains could it be the starter?

[Pals]

And now it only starts when charger is on it could it be the starter?

[cr250]

Sounds like a bad battery,

[Pals]

Just put a new one in

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 10:04 PM cr250 [via Yamaha Lawn Tractor Fan club] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Sounds like a bad battery,

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[Pals]

Just put a new battery in and still does it

[cr250]

Put an amp meter on it, if you don't have one, use a light bulb.

[Pals]

Says 12 volts with meter

[cr250]

Obviously you don't no what a amp meter is.

[Pals]

I don't have a amp meter just does voltage and everyone else said to look at volts so I'll just take the dang thing to AutoZone to be tested 

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 9:31 PM cr250 [via Yamaha Lawn Tractor Fan club] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Obviously you don't no what a amp meter is.

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[cr250]

Take a 12 volt light, take the lead, I don't believe it matters which one, off the battery, put it in series, if the light is on strong you have something pulling it down, start looking for the culprit. You can have good volts on a battery and it still can be bad.

[Pals]

Had battery load tested and said it was good what's next solenoid?

[Wayne]

When my 3600 was doing that the problem turned out to be a bad regulator/rectifier (it's under the dashboard).  If you search this forum for rectifier you will see that others have had this issue as well.  If the part isn't available from Yamaha there are aftermarket versions available, as this part was used in dirt bikes and watercraft so there is a bigger market for it than just Yamaha tractors.