Stupid new battery question - SV650.org

northwind · 11-02-06, 10:59 PM

I finally bought the new battery I've owed my bike for about 6 months... Do I need to charge it up before I fit it, or is it good to go from the box? Never had a new one before...

11-02-06, 11:00 PM

I don't suppose 'optimising' it would hurt

21QUEST · 12-02-06, 12:32 AM

'Good to go'

Cheers
Ben

12-02-06, 01:05 AM

usually good to go

but it cannot hurt to give it a little extra help in this weather

northwind · 12-02-06, 01:30 AM

Ta folks.

12-02-06, 04:18 AM

I just stuck mine in. Started first time. Didnt charge... realised I needed a new reg/rec and not a battery after all.

12-02-06, 11:33 AM

charge it before you put it on, or put it on then ride the bike dont let it sit around

12-02-06, 12:13 PM

i always thought that batteries came with a tiny bit in them already. so need a good old charge first.

infact.
when mates have bought new bikes, the batteries have been more or less dead.

same goes when a mate bought a new battery.

Sid Squid · 12-02-06, 12:31 PM

Many new batteries come 'dry charged', that is the battery plates are produced with their chemical properties arranged such that the battery will be at least partly charged when it's filled with electrolyte, and the chemical reaction that produces a current begins, that said the battery won't be at it's best and a charge will ensure it starts it's life without troubles.

northwind · 12-02-06, 02:24 PM

Marvellous, it turns out my stupid question wasn't quite so stupid after all

11-02-06, 10:59 PM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Stupid new battery question I finally bought the new battery I've owed my bike for about 6 months... Do I need to charge it up before I fit it, or is it good to go from the box? Never had a new one before... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

12-02-06, 01:30 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Ta folks. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

12-02-06, 12:31 PM	#9
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Many new batteries come 'dry charged', that is the battery plates are produced with their chemical properties arranged such that the battery will be at least partly charged when it's filled with electrolyte, and the chemical reaction that produces a current begins, that said the battery won't be at it's best and a charge will ensure it starts it's life without troubles. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

12-02-06, 02:24 PM	#10
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Marvellous, it turns out my stupid question wasn't quite so stupid after all __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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11-02-06, 11:00 PM	#2
Cloggsy Guest Posts: n/a	I don't suppose 'optimising' it would hurt

12-02-06, 01:05 AM	#4
amarko5 Guest Posts: n/a	usually good to go but it cannot hurt to give it a little extra help in this weather

12-02-06, 04:18 AM	#6
philipMac Guest Posts: n/a	I just stuck mine in. Started first time. Didnt charge... realised I needed a new reg/rec and not a battery after all.

12-02-06, 11:33 AM	#7
Last Action Pimp Guest Posts: n/a	charge it before you put it on, or put it on then ride the bike dont let it sit around

12-02-06, 12:13 PM	#8
Warren Guest Posts: n/a	i always thought that batteries came with a tiny bit in them already. so need a good old charge first. infact. when mates have bought new bikes, the batteries have been more or less dead. same goes when a mate bought a new battery.