Lest I look less informed, the short (45 minute) time is right out of the Honda set-up and is regarding the OEM Yuasa battery. Other brands ? When in doubt; read the instructions. So we can gather that some (?) charging is a must for best results.
--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Redtail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Redtail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Charging issue? To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 11:33 AM Hi Wayne, I just bought a new battery for my 450 from Canadian Tire, a large auto retailer up here in the Great White North. I decided to read the instructions to see if I knew more or less than the people who made the battery. It turns out that they know a little more than I did. The instructions say that after filling it with electrolyte, to leave the battery for an hour before charging, and to charge it for 6 hours, not 45 minutes, at the rate shown in the instructions for the specific battery, ......... in my case at 1 amp for a 12 ampere/hour battery, which is pretty close to 1/10 of its capacity. In all cases the instructions advise charging at no more than 1 amp for the prescribed time, which turns out to be 1/2 hour per the rated capacity of the battery, e.g. 7 hours for a 14 ampere/hour battery or 8 hours for a 16 ampere/hour battery. They go on to say that the specific gravity should be 1.282 after the initial charge which you could verify if you own a hydrometer, and that the voltage of the battery should be 12.70 after leaving it to sit for an hour or two. I followed these instruction and my battery was right on the money. Paul B. 85 CB450SC On Oct 9, 8:02 pm, "wayne crull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I am having an issue, occasionally, with my 83 650. Two weeks ago I went on > a long ride, 3 hours, with no problems. That was a Saturday, on Monday I > went out to ride to work and heard only a grunt from the starter. The > battery was low on water. Filled with distilled and plugged in my charger > and drove the car to work. After work started right up and has each time > (5) I have gotten on it since then. So any ideas what it could be? > > Thank you for your help and advice in advance. > > Wayne > 83 CB650SC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
