My battery has died and now wont recover enough to start the engine.
Its one of the lightweight lithium racing types and usually I leave it on a conditioner trickle charger but after a run in the week I left the battery
isolator in the on position and its pulled current and drained the battery - again. this time I think its fooked.
This is the second one of these batteries and at 200 quid a time gets expensive.
What's everyone else using, obviously the light weight and small dimensions are nice but 200 quid isn't so appealing.
I would second what Ttalps has said, unlike lead acid, simply draining a Li battery down shouldn't knacker it - overcharging most defo will
tho' so check your charging voltage.
From tests, Li normally last something like twice to 5 x as long as Lead
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checked this morning, its at full charge according to the cteck charger, disconnected it and put volt meter across it 13.4v turn lights on quickly
drops down to less than 11v and still dropping.
it recovers slowly to just under 12v.
ill try that trick with a good battery and give it another run with the cteck.
if that doesn't work then ill put Benzines music on and beat it with a chair leg. sure that will kill the battery..
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posted on 27/8/18 at 03:10 PM
quote:Originally posted by martinnitram
checked this morning, its at full charge according to the cteck charger, disconnected it and put volt meter across it 13.4v turn lights on quickly
drops down to less than 11v and still dropping.
it recovers slowly to just under 12v.
ill try that trick with a good battery and give it another run with the cteck.
if that doesn't work then ill put Benzines music on and beat it with a chair leg. sure that will kill the battery..
I think you've got to be careful using conventional chargers with a Lithium battery as in certain modes (desulphating?) they can use too high a
voltage which can knacker it...
posted on 27/8/18 at 08:29 AM
