Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

Picture the scene. Two or three bikes with two different owners in a remote garage without power, possibly not getting used as much over winter.

Would it be feasible to put a rechargeable leisure/car battery in there linked to all three batteries via fixed optimate cables on each bike?

Thanking you kindly.
:)

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

Nope.

I'd go for a solar trickle charger myself.

Druid

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

The garage is also right in the middle of a not particularly nice place so I can't see it lasting a single winter. I've also read that they're not all that good and wouldn't get enough quality sunshine to keep a battery alive. If you've got one and it's ok please tell me which and a bit more about it.

Cheers.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

IMO take battery home with you and charge it once a fortnight or so.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

maplin do asolar charger for £10 that kept my battery fine for 14 months on non use. Might be tempted to remove battery to house andtrickle charge ( not car charger) periodically or optimate if you don't want to advertise that stuff is ingarage if it's a rough area as the solar panel might do.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

I've read on here elsewhere that the Maplin was was pants! Maybe I will have to try one after all. I might be able to wire one up out of sight. Maybe a chat with the neighbours is a good idea.

Thanks.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

Linking 4 batteries in parallel is not a wise idea, you'd need to isolate them with a diode in each cable, and since that will cause a voltage drop, then a lot of the value of the exercise is lost. As suggested, probably best to take them home for a boost every few weeks.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

When I worked at Tesco we had an incident with a trolley boy trying to help out a stranded motorist by jump starting her with his little trolley pusher. You may have seen them. Basically they are 3 12v car batteries wired in series. Hooked it up to her car battery and completely fried it. :)

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

Just about everything they sell is pants. Don't get me started about my satellite reciever kit mutter mutter. Even cheapy China's quality control would reject it.

Re: Question regarding use of leisure battery to keep bike batteries going over winter in remote garage
 

Just take the batteries home and optimate them somewhere.

Not as if a bike battery is hard to carry or remove (well as long as its not a Z750......)