Battery appears to have melted

Installed recenty a new battery but have found its not holding the charge

when i took it out, the back top corner (that would be lying at the bottom
when installed in the R1) appears to have melted
and the contents inside can clearly be seen [1]

None of the battery compartment on the R1 shows any sign of heat damage or
melting of the same type, in fact its perfectly intact

Those nice guys at http://www.motorbikebatteries.co.uk/ have already sent a
replacement after i reported the failure to hold a charge
I've only just removed the offending item and found this melting bit

Any ideas whats caused it? is the battery faulty or maybe the alternator on
the bike ?

[1] I ignored the smell of melting electrics thinking it was the car in
front- DOH!
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Just been told the rectifier is prob knackered

 

I would have said regulator myself but ICBW. You need to measure how much
charge you are putting into the battery using a multimeter. Should be
14v-15v ish. When the revs go up, you will be making a lot more volts than
that so the regulator comes into play and knocks the voltage back down in
order to stop your battery cooking. My regulator went last year and the
battery melted as you describe, when I tested it, it was making 30v at max
revs.

 

.. My regulator went last year and the

Sounds like thats it then
ebay has a used one for £ 10 (no warranty)
new onse cost £ 68!
Are these things fallible ?

 

Um, I would test the old one before buying a new one.A multimeter is only a
tenner you just stick the probes on the battery terminals, switch it to
measure volts, start the bike and then give it some revs and see how the
voltage chnages, it should go more than 15volts, even when you give in some
berries.

Regulators don't go very often, but they are things that 'go' particually at
hihn mileage. Mine went at 60k on my hornet but some bikes get thru no end
of them. I use dto have a GS550 and that ate them on a regular basis. Once,
when mine had gone yet again, I parked next to another GS550 and I am
ashamed to say I briefy considered swapping regulators but rose above the
temptation. Imagine then my delight when i returned to my bike and found
bare wires where my regulator had been.

 

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Nice guys? I ordered a battery and it never turned up, mind you, I
wasn't charged either.

 

Muck wrote

All the potential to be a bad thing imho.

 

Pos.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Your'e not being acidic about it.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
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Would you care to rectify that apostrophe?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

It was a bad cell.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10