Optimate 3 question, yes I am a stupid numpty

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

......all very sensible stuff.......:

But, but I like fireworks.........

From my experience generally speaking if the charger says its charged then it should be. If you take it off of charge without turning mains off first it shouldnt matter...

The fact that when you reconnected the charger it took a little while to go green again could point at ell knCkered battery... What the charger does is charges till the voltage reaches 14.3V then goes to 13.2V and keeps it at that.

With a good battery that is showing charged you should be able to disconnect it and then reconnect it and see the charger go to fully charged pretty much straight away.

Sooooo. New battery I think.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

The fact that when you reconnected the charger it took a little while to go green again could point at ell knCkered battery... What the charger does is charges till the voltage reaches 14.3V then goes to 13.2V and keeps it at that.

With a good battery that is showing charged you should be able to disconnect it and then reconnect it and see the charger go to fully charged pretty much straight away.

Sooooo. New battery I think.

It might be new battery time but the above doesn't say so.

The charger will reset its progamme when the connections are removed, an Optimate almost certainly won't go back to reading fully charged straight away.

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

It might be new battery time but the above doesn't say so.

The charger will reset its progamme when the connections are removed, an Optimate almost certainly won't go back to reading fully charged straight away.

Mine does... As soon as the voltage goes so high (asin the voltage of a full battery) it goes to maintain.

Right, I've bought the TM71 lead and been spending this evening trying to hook it up to the battery terminals.

The big problem I have is that the red insulating cover which goes over the positive battery terminal is now unable to go into place because the eyelet lead is in the way.

With it being an insulating cover, would it be dangerous not to have it in place? Would cutting a slot into the side of the cover (so the cover would split either side of the lead) be a way round it?

Also I'm placing the eyelets between the loom connectors and the battery terminals, this is ok isn't it? A dumb question but I'm fearing if they're in the wrong place something bad may happen when I next start the bike...

Cheers loads again everyone

[Sid Squid]

Put the charger terminals above the existing originals, ie between the screw and the bike's battery connections, to avoid a reduction in contact area between the battery terminals and the starter cabling.
it's sometimes possible to thread the new connector through the red cover, ie the way the original cable does. The new ring terminal will have to be bent through 90 degrees to follow the original wire.

Awesome, cheers loads Sid Squid! I'll have a crack at it when I next see the bike

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Connect the negative jump lead to a clean unpainted metal part of the frame or engine...

on a Suzuki?? Houston, we have a problem