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21-03-15, 03:28 PM | #1 |
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New battery
Hello. Think I left my parking light on for the last couple of weeks when I've not been using my bike and I think the battery is done for... it's 100% dead (the alarm light doesn't flash at all) . Gonna leave it to charge for a day (just with the cheapo trickle charge I have), see if that helps but I'm not hopeful, since I get the impression when batteries fully discharge they're done for.
So anyway, any suggestions of which battery to get? Yuasa seems best, but there might be a better deal if any of you know. http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk/shop/pro...ctGroupID=2047 Foot. |
21-03-15, 04:50 PM | #2 |
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Re: New battery
mine goes fully discharged in the winter but recovers ok again. reduces the lifespan of them though. it will need more than a day and mine usually takes about 1-2 week to fully recover using an oxford oximiser.
i got a new battery last year and the other one was the original 6 years old and i done the same to that one every year. have fun with your alarm |
25-03-15, 04:10 PM | #3 |
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Battery has definitely given up. So any other suggestions other than a yuasa battery? Anything else I'll need?
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25-03-15, 04:15 PM | #4 |
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Re: New battery
There's another battery that fits and is generally better, higher CCA and capacity. YTX14 or something like that - I can tell you exactly when I get home as it's sat on my charger right now.
I tend to go for Varta or some other well known brand as Yuasa seem to have a premium price attached to the name.
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25-03-15, 04:17 PM | #5 |
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found the order in my email - YTZ14S fits a pointy.
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30-03-15, 12:08 AM | #6 |
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"Yuasa seem to have a premium price attached to the name"
Yes I just paid £64.00 for a Yuasa at my local dealer which I thought was rather expensive but I needed it for the MOT the following day. Like yourself every year mine goes dead over winter and usually a full charge fixes it, though this year when I put it on charge it read a full charge right away. I suspected something was up. Overnight charge and the voltage on my voltmeter read 12 odd volts so I thought it was ok, however under crank the votlage dropped.. the cells were not providing the amps the engine required to start. I think best practise would be to remove the battery over a non use spell and keep it somewhere warm then recharge it or better still ride your bike over the winter every second week for a few hours. Batteries dont like loosing their charge! |
30-03-15, 09:20 AM | #7 |
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I'd get a motobatt. Gives you a ton more cranking amps, and they're sealed so less hassle.
Usually cheaper than the yuasa equivalent too. |
30-03-15, 11:38 AM | #8 |
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I went for Motobatt, but I'm not sure I'd do so again as there are more points of failure in the connections - one screw holding the terminal "block" (actually a bit of folded metal) onto the battery, and a separate screw holding the lead onto the "block". The position of the terminals also means you need more clearance around the battery if you don't want the leads touching something.
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Motobatt it was. £45 is pretty good, gets more cranking power than most batteries around that price. I get what you mean about there being a lot of things which could go wrong on it, I agree, but then are the terminals that likely to get battered about (or battery-eed about..)?
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