Solar power battery charger

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

My mate has one of those hooked up to his bandit which i'm sorry to say has been started 3 times in the last 2 years (he works away) to go for its mot's and its started first time each time, I had one attached to my bike for 6 months when i was in hospital and again started every time, yep a cheap option but works surprisingly well. only flaw is suckers for attaching it to car windscreen but i just screwed it to the garage door. hth

Interesting, first hand exp.

Ill do some research and see about maybe using one then.

Cheers.

[Gazza77]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Interesting, first hand exp.

Ill do some research and see about maybe using one then.

Cheers.

I bought one of the Oxford ones about 4 months ago, as the ST doesn't hold charge well when it's not used and the triple lump needs a bit of cranking to get going and has a tiny battery. Like you I can't get power to the garage for the time being (I'm planning on a turbine when I build the new one, when I can afford it). It seems to work well enough; the bike now starts when it's been left when it wouldn't before. Job done for what it cost (around £25 from HG when they had a sale on chargers).

[ophic]

We used one for a works pool car that was hardly ever used and always suffered from a flat battery. It made no discernable difference whatsoever. Mind you the car was utter rubbish anyway.

I'd be tempted to keep a 2nd battery and charger in the house, constantly on charge. Any old car battery could be jumped from, or if its another SV battery, just swap them over periodically.

I had one on my cb250rs for 3 years, kept a knackered battery alive enough to start after being left for weeks. Nothing to lose Nick , mine was £10.00 from maplins.

Originally Posted by ophic

I'd be tempted to keep a 2nd battery and charger in the house, constantly on charge. Any old car battery could be jumped from, or if its another SV battery, just swap them over periodically.

Mine needs a considerably bigger/more powerful battery than the SV I got a 220CCA battery 14aH... Big lad it is, well its a fair bit taller than the SV one.

Hey Gr33k, get it and let me know how it goes...! I posted the same thing a while back and got mostly negative feedback.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...hlight=fatneck

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Peak 1 watt? pretty useless. And its from maplins, so it WILL be useless.

+1. And I used to work in a Maplin store.

If you have a boat moored in the South of France, fine, great, buy one. If you don't, keep your receipt.

[ophic]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Mine needs a considerably bigger/more powerful battery than the SV I got a 220CCA battery 14aH... Big lad it is, well its a fair bit taller than the SV one.

yeah of course it does, silly me. I obviously meant a matching battery...

Originally Posted by ophic

yeah of course it does, silly me. I obviously meant a matching battery...

ha ha I guessed so but i had to just make sure.

Think ill just see what i can do with what I got... 90% is negative, so i got to role with that... Solar sucks in the UK.

I think if i was in your position, I would be investing in a small portable petrol generator. You can pick them up from places like Machine Mart for less than £200.

That way, you can have 230 volts in your garage anytime you like. You can run lights, chargers, drills etc. No problem with leads running all over the place.

I bought one recently from macro as a backup if we ever have a powercut. it cost me £110 and works a treat. Not even that noisy either!