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collis

28-09-10 05:04 PM

Re: dead battery

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles (Post 2378988)

Battery---About £50
Cheap leccy meter----About £10

On a bike like the SV which can be prone to charging system issues Id say a cheap meter was an essential bit of kit.

my battery only cost £35, got a nice shiney new one and all seams good to me, the one i replaced was:
Linky to Piccy
If i knew it was replaced only a month ago then i would have left it alone but i suspected it's been in the bike for a long time (more than 3 years) going by how it appeared and knowing that Bike batterys are only rated for a gauranteed 3 years i took the better option to replace and get the bike going again.
Also, judging by some of the wiring in the bike i think the rectifier has been replaced sometime regardless.

Sid Squid

28-09-10 05:11 PM

Re: dead battery

If your battery is flat after two weeks there may be no problem at all - it could simply be that your battery is no longer in the first flush of youth and thus does not have the same capacity as when new. A battery in good condition will have absolutely no problem in powering an alarm for two weeks and will also have no problem in starting your bike after that time too.
If your bike is fine when in constant use then this is likely the problem, recharge the battery and put the bike back into its normal use - if it works properly it goes a long way to confirming that as the problem.

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Originally Posted by Russ_C (Post 2378929)

i only thought it was the alarm because of what I've read on here.

There's a lot of opinion and not necessarily the same amount of understanding.

Russ_C

28-09-10 05:13 PM

Re: dead battery

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Originally Posted by Biker Biggles (Post 2378939)

You need to get a multimeter to check your charging system and the state of your battery.When you have diagnosed whether the problem is just a sh&gged battery or something wrong with the charging system you will know if buying a new battery will solve the problem or just postpone it till next week or next month.
I would also invest in a trickle charger.You may not be able to plug it in at home,but a few hours on the charger every week or two while parked at work or wherever works wonders for battery life.

multimeter on order from amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ef=oss_product. if i could disconect the battery with out setting the alarm off i would have it on trickle charge in my room, using one at work is a bit hard as work is only a 5 five min walk and i wont ride/drive that far

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