Battery and cold weather

p.s might be worth checking its the right battery as well as terminals are good and clean and neg to frame is good and clean

I would say ther is almost certainly something up with your battery if its flat after 5 days. Mine was outside under a cover with alarm for 2 weeks and started first time no trouble today.

it should have a ytx12-bs or yta12-bs through what iv read quickly the x=gel and a a=acid should be a 12v 10ah alternative part nums are gtx12-bs ctx12-bs.

[ophic]

I did not think the ytx was gel.

Yuasa YTX12-BS


Our Price: £44.98
Click to enlarge YUASA YTX12-BS Sealed Motorcycle Battery
Voltagte : 12 V
Capacity : 10 Ah
Type : Commonly Called a Sealed, Gel, Dry
Dimentions : 150mm x 87mm x 130mm
Equilivalent Part Numbers : GTX12-BS, CTX12-BS, 5101009
Standard Warranty : 1 Year

This Motorcycle Battery comes with an acid pack and instructions on how to prepare, once the battery is filled it will need to be charged to complete the activation process.
PLEASE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE THE CORRECT BATTERY BEFORE STARTING THE FILLING INSTRUCTIONS, WE CANNOT RETURN / EXCHANGE IF YOU HAVE THE INCORRECT BATTERY AND HAVE STARTED THE FILLING PROCESS.
FILLING INSTRUCTIONS :
1. Put the battery on to a flat, solid base and remove the foil strip from the battery.
2. Take the acid pack out of the box and the remove the plastic wrap.
3. Remove the Black sealing strip from the top of the Acid Pack and keep it to one side for use later on.
DO NOT REMOVE THE FOIL FROM THE ACID PACK
4. Press the Acid pack upside down on to the battery cell openings firmly and as far as it will go, the acid will be automaticly disperced to the correct level for each cell.
LEAVE THE BATTERY FOR A 30 MIN PERIOD
5. Remove the Empty Acid Pack and place the black sealer stip over the battery cells, press the black sealer strip down fully, once the battery is Sealed, it will not need to be opened again, doing to so will void any warranty.
6. Once the battery is filled and sealed it will need to be charged on a motorcycle or trickle charger to complete the activation process.
CHARGE ONCE FILLED TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVATION PROCESS

[ophic]

yeah I read that too. I just think that site is wrong. Most others don't refer to it as gel. Also I thought gel batteries didn't come with the acid pack - gel refers to the contents doesn't it? would be kinda hard to mix acid into a gel...

Originally Posted by ophic

I assume this means with the ignition off? To test if there's any current drain when there shouldn't be?

Yes ignition off, or there will be a fair draw. Should be small, or none existent with ignition off. A multimeter should do the job fine, £20 special from halfords is what I use.

I cant imagine a battery discharging like that... infact cold weather reduced self discharge... well any sort of discharge, including the sort needed to start the damn bike

What battery you using Make; model; type etc? How was it when you get it (i.e. what did you have to do before you put it in the bike)? Any other details that might help.

One other thing, if you do go on to get another battery I know of a battery (I use) that is a monster, its only 30mm taller than the standard SV battery but it puts out 22CCA and is 14aH capacity here vs standard SV batteries feeble 90CCA and 10aH here, it should start the SV easy even in very -ve temps

Originally Posted by ophic

yeah I read that too. I just think that site is wrong. Most others don't refer to it as gel. Also I thought gel batteries didn't come with the acid pack - gel refers to the contents doesn't it? would be kinda hard to mix acid into a gel...

mmm i thought that as well i too can't get me head round acid pack oh well.