Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging Issues?

2019-12-01 Thread Tommy Hill
A battery tender is your friend. It will greatly increases the life of most batteries. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging Issues?

2019-12-01 Thread Jenya Spektor
When cranking it shows 8.6 V. So it’s definitely a tired battery (a 1.5 yo). Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 29, 2019, at 8:41 PM, 'Bernard Frank' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! > wrote: > >  > Battery Load Test > > -Bernie > > > -Original Message- > From: Dave duChêne > To:

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging issues

2018-11-05 Thread Amanda Wurzer
13 is good and charging. 14 is ideal but generally as long as it's more than 12.5, you should be okay On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 5:10 PM Darin Hatton I would really like to know what kind if voltages I should be getting > going to field coil out of reg/rectifier. Black wire and white wire key > off,

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging issues

2018-11-05 Thread Darin Hatton
I would really like to know what kind if voltages I should be getting going to field coil out of reg/rectifier. Black wire and white wire key off, on and running On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 6:06 PM Darin Hatton wrote: > That's what I've read. Mine won't go over about 13v at battery( with meter > on

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging issues

2018-11-05 Thread Darin Hatton
That's with 2 different known to be good batteries On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 6:06 PM Darin Hatton wrote: > That's what I've read. Mine won't go over about 13v at battery( with meter > on dc) at 5k rpm > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 5:38 PM Amanda Wurzer > wrote: > >> It doesn't charge when it's idling.

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging issues

2018-11-05 Thread Darin Hatton
That's what I've read. Mine won't go over about 13v at battery( with meter on dc) at 5k rpm On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 5:38 PM Amanda Wurzer wrote: > It doesn't charge when it's idling. You'll have to have the RPMs over 2k > to get a decent charge out of it. > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 4:36 PM Darin

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Charging issues

2018-11-05 Thread Amanda Wurzer
It doesn't charge when it's idling. You'll have to have the RPMs over 2k to get a decent charge out of it. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018, 4:36 PM Darin Hatton Hello everyone. Got a 85 cb700s nighthawk about a month ago from a friend. > Bike had been sitting covered in garage for about 8 years so I knew I