New battery - charge it or not?

[ork56]

Just bought a new battery from MDS - arrived next day, spot on service.

One query, as I cant see any instructions with the battery. When I have added the electrolyte to the cells, do I still need to charge it up, or does the new acid do all that?

Sorry, but I told you it was a daft question....:oops:

[andrewsmith]

I would TBH

Have done without and it was fine.

[Stuuk1]

They usually come (dry charged). Just put the acid in, seal it up and go for a nice ride for about 20 - 30 mins.

[tigersaw]

Put the acid in, WAIT until it stops fizzing and goes cool (1 hour), then seal and charge or ride.

[beabert]

Put the acid in, WAIT until it stops fizzing and goes cool (1 hour), then seal and charge or ride.

Yep.

I connected the a multimeter up and watched the charge gradually increase, i found rather engaging :D....geek.

[Sid Squid]

Give it a full charge after filling to get the best out of it.

[monkey]

+1 to the Squidman.

You might be surprised how much more charge it'll take on an optimiser or similar. I think I read somewhere that without charging it'll only ever be about 70% efficient. That may have been a different battery or that may have been made up. It's definately worth charging it though.

[ork56]

thanks all.

I will charge it up.

[davepreston]

2 Q's first , if i filled it yesterday is it still worth charging today
2nd, can i use a car charger as i dont have an optimate

[AndyBrad]

depends on the charger chap, if its got a trickle charge on the car charger (less than 4amp) then use it. if it doesnt dont bother and just bang it on the bike.

[andrewsmith]

2 Q's first , if i filled it yesterday is it still worth charging today
2nd, can i use a car charger as i dont have an optimate

As andy it depends upon the charger.
The charge rate should be around 1 Amp hour for a bike battery

Dave is it a fully sealed or fill up and seal?