Recommend me a battery optimiser.

Originally Posted by stormingjoe

I have found extended use of optimisers and chargers without running the bike can damage the reg/rec and kill the battery. Using the bike or remove battery and keep in the warmth in house, then top up now and again seems better.


Podgey on a motorbike ;0D

Can you explain why that is? An optimiser should charge and discharge the battery, just like riding the bike.

Originally Posted by The Idle Biker

Hope this isn't a daft question but isn't the Lidl one listed as a battery charger as opposed to an optimiser?

It is indeed listed by Lidl as a charger, but I believe it's an optimiser. I shall check the destructions before proceeding to the checkout.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//...e&ar=3&nf=True

Video from an old thread posted by Grinch. May answer the optimiser/charger question. I can't watch it just now as I'm on the train on 3G.

[stormingjoe]

No expert, just found this to be the case, has killed a new battery and reg/rec on my storm, originally the first time thought the alarm killed them, removed that and it happened again, stopped using optimate and not had the problem since, just make sure I use the storm once a fortnight at least.

Must admit I'm not a fan of leaving batteries on 'charge' all the time.

If it's garaged, with no alarm fitted and the battery is in decent condition then there's no reason why you can't leave it for weeks.

I've leave my bikes for weeks without starting them, I left my DRZ once for 2 months and it started fine.

[Tomor]

My dad has used these Lidl and Aldi ones and he is chuffed to bits with them -just bought 2 more from Aldi! He keeps them on the battery when he is not using the bike, on the motorbike setting, and when he goes to start it, maybe weeks apart at a time, they start first time. At around £12 not to pricey either!

Tom

[SVGrandad]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

That would require a few bits of brain function, such as advance planning and memory. Mine does neither.



Don't THINK this would work, but interested on peoples views on it if they disagree with me though?

The Oximiser works by monitoring battery voltage, when it drops a bit, it kicks in to recharge. If you were to have two batteries wired together in parallel, it would treat both batteries as one, and so long as one was healthy and providing the right voltage read, the other could be dead and the charger wouldn't kick in ????? Or would one battery drag the the other's voltage down and result in the charger kicking in for both of them ?????

If you put both batteries in series, wouldn't they read 24v ?????

No, dont put two batteries in parallel - one would pull the other down, and if the dead battery was dead because it had a short...............!!