How Many Volts!?

MachineMart have a selection from £5.86 - I'll go and have a browse.
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|_\_____/_| ..73063../..17250.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
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Maplin had a little multi meter for £4.99

 

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

NiCd batteries have been used for decades on such items as standby
generators (as an option and at a price), and with the appropriate
charger. They're much better at subzero startups [1]. As you say though,
they're a bit larger than the equivalent LA batts.

[1] You can also have heated battery trays, block heaters, etc, which
would make the job of LA batts much easier.

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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

 

Heh.. maybe you're talking about Li-Po batteries, like most mobiles are
these days. Quite fragile they are too, can't run them down below a
certain voltage, can't discharge them too quickly, can't charge them too
quickly, have a habit of jetting burning hydrogen when upset too much.

Ni-Mh batteries are sensitive to vibrations, you can't charge them as
fast as a Ni-Cd and they fail open circuit, which would be bad in the
middle of a corner for instance.

A modern Ni-Cd would be almost ideal, when connected to a computerized
charging system to take care of the memory effect, which only usually
happens when the cell is discharged to within a small percentage of the
same level over and over. Also, they fail closed circuit, so if one cell
fails, you've still got voltage to run the bike electrics.

 

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

Made by Ying Tong?

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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

 

Wun Hung Lo.

 

Get a tube of Bat-Aid from Halfords. It's done wonders for my bike which
now starts as it should and the van doesn't struggle in quite the way it
it either.

£3.29 for 12 tablets.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Dr Ivan D. Reid"

I knew you'd get it.

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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

 

Got to be worth a shot.

I wouldn't mind, but this battery's covered about 200 yards, so far.

<checks to see if it's a Ducati battery>

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_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..17250.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

I'll bite. Mine's still on the original battery after over seven years.

Acksherly, I started it up the day before yesterday and ran it up for
15-20 minutes. It hadn't been run for two months and I did stick it on
the charger for a few hours as a precaution, but it fired up, no probs.

I will admit that this surprised as well as pleased me.

 

Heh.. silly bloke.

 

I use a Pro-Peak Prodigy. Adjustable charge rate from 100ma to
3000mh, charges all my lead acid batteries ok, and tells me how many Ma
it's put into the battery.

 

Second against the wall.