richard thomas
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 06:04 PM |
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Battery RiP?
Battery flat again after the little one has been sat in the car and flicked the lights on without me knowing (little bugger - but at least he likes
playing 'cars'...)
Standard Yausha bike battery...tried the battery charger on it but it wouldn't accept a charge even after an hour.
I suspect that I am right in assuming that it's knacked? Second one i've been through now...they ain't cheap!
Anyone got a trick up their sleeve to give it the kiss of life, or am I spending again?
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minitici
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 06:13 PM |
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Are you using a standard battery charger or some form of smart charger.
Some of the smart chargers can't recover a totally dead battery.
Whereas a good old battery charger can put some power back in.
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RazMan
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 06:17 PM |
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The Optimate charger can probably bring it back from the dead - it has saved me £££s over the years I have owned it
http://www.accumate.co.uk/it010003.htm
[Edited on 16-5-10 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 06:20 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by minitici
Are you using a standard battery charger or some form of smart charger.
Some of the smart chargers can't recover a totally dead battery.
Whereas a good old battery charger can put some power back in.
Thats the wrong way round
Ive only found that propper smart chargers can only charge up a dead battery, ive managed to recover my motorbike battery 4 times now with a propper
smart charger
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richard thomas
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 06:51 PM |
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Halfords charger/maintenance charger...
Wonder if it will kick in if I leave it on for longer - I gave it a fair while but the charge light wouldn't come on...
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 15/5/10 at 07:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by richard thomas
Halfords charger/maintenance charger...
Wonder if it will kick in if I leave it on for longer - I gave it a fair while but the charge light wouldn't come on...
I've found with those (and other "smart" chargers) that they see a very low battery voltage, decide a cell is down and refuse to
charge. If you've got access to a good old dumb charger, then a couple of hours on that, to get some charge in and the voltage up, will probably
allow you to switch over to the "smart" charger.
I've done this a couple of times with my kit and my wife's tin-top (she's been ill, so not driving and every so often I remember
that I've not switched the charger over to the other vehicle and it's died.)
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minitici
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 08:29 AM |
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I'm with Steve on this - he managed to explain it a bit better.
I have one of those Halfords maintenance chargers and they won't work if the battery is totally flat.
[Edited on 16/5/10 by minitici]
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Nick DV
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 10:19 AM |
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Save yourself a lot of hassle and money in the long run, buy this it will last ya forever
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Electrical_Components/Batteries/Odyssey_Extreme_Racing_20_Battery/1447/0/14625 &
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Electrical_Components/Battery_Chargers_&_Conditioners/CTEK_CTEK36_Battery_Charger/1448/0/14657
If you shop around you may get a better price but D/Tweeks did a bit of a deal when I got mine from them 
Cheers, Nick 
"The force will be with you, always!"
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richard thomas
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick DV
Save yourself a lot of hassle and money in the long run, buy this it will last ya forever
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Electrical_Components/Batteries/Odyssey_Extreme_Racing_20_Battery/1447/0/14625 &
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motorsport/Electrical_Components/Battery_Chargers_&_Conditioners/CTEK_CTEK36_Battery_Charger/1448/0/14657
If you shop around you may get a better price but D/Tweeks did a bit of a deal when I got mine from them
Cheers, Nick
Thanks, might well get one - not much more expensive...
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MkII
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| posted on 16/5/10 at 01:57 PM |
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Ive got a bike battery going sprare, make me an offer if your interested .m.
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JoaoCaldeira
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| posted on 17/5/10 at 09:05 AM |
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I've already ressurected my BEC battery using a dumb charger with low Ah (1,5Ah) for 24 hrs... did the trick
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