Battery voltage?
Battery voltage?
Please can you help. I don't know what voltage my battery is and I stupidly flattened it following fixing one of my indicators and then leaving it swithced on all day! I don't want to fry it if it is a 6v as I only have a 12v charger.
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Pete.L
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Yikes!!!
If you only have a cheep unregulated charger DONT charge it for more than 20 minutes.
They have no current regulation and it will spoil your battery.
These batteries need a stablised voltage supply or the discharge characteristics will be fooked, then,when they turn the engine over it will either be too slow or it wont have enough juice to give a clean spark.
Use a good charger (like an optimate or similar) or just give it a small, short charge (just enough to get it started) and take it on a long run and let the bike charge itself.
Pete.l
If you only have a cheep unregulated charger DONT charge it for more than 20 minutes.
They have no current regulation and it will spoil your battery.
These batteries need a stablised voltage supply or the discharge characteristics will be fooked, then,when they turn the engine over it will either be too slow or it wont have enough juice to give a clean spark.
Use a good charger (like an optimate or similar) or just give it a small, short charge (just enough to get it started) and take it on a long run and let the bike charge itself.
Pete.l