Thanks bud, I did bring the battery home from the shop and charge it on a
tender. All the shop did was add fluid. What started all this is the old
battery just did not seem to hold much of a charge. It would not turn over
the 1500 very good all the time. Especially when she was hot. It may just
be a weak battery. Will wait to do anything else to see what happens.
Thomas
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From: TC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: charging
> Thomas,
> You are probably just fine ... I brought mine in today after a ride ..
> as I have a battery that is only a few months old. After reading your
> post .. I let it set a couple of hours and measured the idle voltage
> .. it was still at 12.8 ... so I put the lights on until it pulled it
> down to 12.5 and turned them back off. It took less than 45 seconds
> for the battery to settle back up at 12.7 so it was clear that this
> battery was fully charged. I started the engine and at idle I was
> around 14.2 and revving the thing got me down to 13.8 ....... I
> noticed I can stay in the low 14s if I do this right after taking the
> thing off the trickle charger but that really isn't realistic. As
> usual .. .if I turn the headlamp on along with the brakes at idle I
> can slowly pull the battery down to the low 13s and if you keep at it
> long enough you can get into the 12s .......... turning them back off
> allows it to slowly work its self back up. I try to keep the thing on
> the little float charger these days and when the battery finally
> starts to have a hard time turning over a hot engine then I just
> replace it. The only other thing I can positively recommend for a new
> battery is to do the initial "slow" charge and let it float up into
> the high 15s or even low 16s ...... (this initial charge routine is
> detailed at the Yuasa site and similar material is available at the
> MCN site) ... it does seem to be of some value. Otherwise .. these
> voltages unless extremely out of range only reflect the load the
> battery is placing on the charging system .. and I have since
> convinced myself that you can fully charge a battery with a
> insufficient capacity as easily as you can charge one with
> extraordinary capacity. I just keep them on the floater, keep water in
> them and toss them when they won't crank a hot engine anymore .....
> campbell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: charging
>
>
> > snip <
> > I go through this every time before buying a new
> > battery ... charging in the 14v range at idle and
> > rev only to fall down in the low 13s or 12s ... Then
> > I change the battery and a slight rev puts it in the
> > 14v range everytime ...
> >
> > This made me change my battery. The only thing
> > is that I still have the same problem. The best I
> > can get is low 13's at rev. Just off idle it will
> > hit the 14v range but drop quickly afterward.
> > Any suggestions?
> > snip <
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