Dead Battery from hot grips - New one? - SV650.org

01-04-06, 10:09 AM

Well I got up this morning to take my bike (SV650S K4) out to go to library so I could crack on with my dissertation and put the key in turned it - nothing! SH*T!!! Checked everything. Was working fine a few days ago so only thing I can put it down to is hot grips were left on accidentally and have drained it since Thursday. DOH! Have taken it out and stuck it on the otimiser (altho that is a good few years old now) and no lights are coming on at all. Is this to mean I am going to have to invest in £60 for a new battery cos of a stupid mistake? I am so hacked off with myself! If I leave it on the optimiser for a while do you think it mayt start to charge or should I just cut my losses and shell out the cash? Eeeekk b/f gonna be so hacked off!

Any help be appreciated.

Shiv

P.s. if anyone know where I could get a battery for a it cheaper would be most appreciative.

01-04-06, 10:22 AM

No lights on the optimiser might mean that the optimiser is duff - do you have a voltage meter to check the battery & whether the optimiser is actually optimising

Try jump starting it from a car

01-04-06, 10:30 AM

where you at shivy?

01-04-06, 10:33 AM

No I don't have a voltage meter but I do think the optimiser may be duff. I have had probs with it in the past so maybe it is knackered - it is about 4 years old I think. Have texted my mate and asked him if it is worth jump starting from a car. May need to buy a new optimiser though - any idea how much they go for these days? Mate suggets jump starting too but I don't have any jump starting leads and wouldn't know the first thing about jump starting! Call me a stereotypical girl!

01-04-06, 10:37 AM

I'm in Gosport in Hampshire.

dnicholson99 · 01-04-06, 02:08 PM

I had the same problem with my heated grips, dead battery and my optimiser refusing to charge even with the grips switched off. I found that if I disconnected the grips switch section from the battery and chucked it in the bin the charger worked fine. So you may like to try that.

01-04-06, 02:48 PM

I took the battery out completely anyway to charge it as I don't have electricity going into my garage.

Turns out my optimiser was duff and I now have borrowed one off my mate and its charging. Hopefully that will sort it. Will keep ya posted!

Thanks for all your help

Shiv

MrMessy · 03-04-06, 02:55 PM

If a battery goes completly flat modern chargers like Optimiser will not always recover it. You need an old type charger to "bang" some current in it to get it started. I had this trouble with my daughters car battery that the alarm had completly flattened and this technique recovered it. I am sure somebody will post the technical reason for this. I cannot rememberit myself!

03-04-06, 03:30 PM

Well I used the optimiser and it brought it back fine and its been ok since yesterday now. Hopefully that has sorted it and the more riding I do the better the battery will get. Fingers crossed - at least I didn't have to shell out £60 for a new one! Woohoo

TSM · 03-04-06, 03:34 PM

Who what the numpty that wired the grips to the battery instead of the switched live?

01-04-06, 10:09 AM	#1
Shivy Guest Posts: n/a	Dead Battery from hot grips - New one? Well I got up this morning to take my bike (SV650S K4) out to go to library so I could crack on with my dissertation and put the key in turned it - nothing! SH*T!!! Checked everything. Was working fine a few days ago so only thing I can put it down to is hot grips were left on accidentally and have drained it since Thursday. DOH! Have taken it out and stuck it on the otimiser (altho that is a good few years old now) and no lights are coming on at all. Is this to mean I am going to have to invest in £60 for a new battery cos of a stupid mistake? I am so hacked off with myself! If I leave it on the optimiser for a while do you think it mayt start to charge or should I just cut my losses and shell out the cash? Eeeekk b/f gonna be so hacked off! Any help be appreciated. Shiv P.s. if anyone know where I could get a battery for a it cheaper would be most appreciative.

01-04-06, 10:33 AM	#4
Shivy Guest Posts: n/a	hmmm No I don't have a voltage meter but I do think the optimiser may be duff. I have had probs with it in the past so maybe it is knackered - it is about 4 years old I think. Have texted my mate and asked him if it is worth jump starting from a car. May need to buy a new optimiser though - any idea how much they go for these days? Mate suggets jump starting too but I don't have any jump starting leads and wouldn't know the first thing about jump starting! Call me a stereotypical girl!

01-04-06, 10:37 AM	#5
Shivy Guest Posts: n/a	location I'm in Gosport in Hampshire.

03-04-06, 02:55 PM	#8
MrMessy Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 557	Dead batteries: If a battery goes completly flat modern chargers like Optimiser will not always recover it. You need an old type charger to "bang" some current in it to get it started. I had this trouble with my daughters car battery that the alarm had completly flattened and this technique recovered it. I am sure somebody will post the technical reason for this. I cannot rememberit myself!

03-04-06, 03:34 PM	#10
TSM The Sick Man Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Peckham.SE.LDN Posts: 4,768	Who what the numpty that wired the grips to the battery instead of the switched live? __________________ OTR: KTM 690 Duke R 2015 Full Akro SIDELINE: Kwak ZX636 A1P 2002, Red, R&G's, Yoshi, Double Bubble Screen GONE: Kwak ZX-7R P1, Full Akro, Undertray, Screen GONE: SV650S K2 Very Bruised & Without Fairing, Motovation Frame Sliders, R&G Ally Sprocket Toe Protector, HEL 2 Line Setup, GSXR K1 600 RWU Forks, Barnett Clutch & Springs, Penske 8981 Shock, Gilles Ti Rearsets, Steel Barends, Scottoiler, AFAM Chain & Sprockets, Twin FIAMM Horns, Skidmarx Bellypan, Full Micron Zeta Steel System, Cut down undertay. Forum Problems & Information / Site Suggestions

01-04-06, 10:22 AM	#2
Mr Toad Guest Posts: n/a	No lights on the optimiser might mean that the optimiser is duff - do you have a voltage meter to check the battery & whether the optimiser is actually optimising Try jump starting it from a car

01-04-06, 10:30 AM	#3
GSXR Carlos Guest Posts: n/a	where you at shivy?

01-04-06, 02:08 PM	#6
dnicholson99 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	I had the same problem with my heated grips, dead battery and my optimiser refusing to charge even with the grips switched off. I found that if I disconnected the grips switch section from the battery and chucked it in the bin the charger worked fine. So you may like to try that.

01-04-06, 02:48 PM	#7
Shivy Guest Posts: n/a	I took the battery out completely anyway to charge it as I don't have electricity going into my garage. Turns out my optimiser was duff and I now have borrowed one off my mate and its charging. Hopefully that will sort it. Will keep ya posted! Thanks for all your help Shiv

03-04-06, 03:30 PM	#9
Shivy Guest Posts: n/a	Well I used the optimiser and it brought it back fine and its been ok since yesterday now. Hopefully that has sorted it and the more riding I do the better the battery will get. Fingers crossed - at least I didn't have to shell out £60 for a new one! Woohoo

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