BATTerY BOY

Black Sabbath · Jun 6, 2008

You guys who's batteries have died what was the first sign?:dunno I went up to the garage/spar at the top of my road yesterday to grab a couple of tinnies (a 200 yard ride, any excuse lol) and when I came out I went to start her and she was dead. Waited a minute and she fired up like brand new.:confused Now today she is completely dead and making dodgey clicking noises in the garage. The optimate is showing the bottom red light too which suggests to me the batt is dead as a dodo. Would you agree?:dunno
BTW not checked to see iff batty connectioins are tight yet but I don't reckon thats it. :eatcorn Just seems strange that one minute she was absolutely fine and the next the poor girl is all but dead:confused

SMCG · Jun 6, 2008

Yeah, I had the clicking noise too, and the rev needle jumped a bit. Bought a new battery...sorted!

Sprocker · Jun 7, 2008

Do you normally have it plugged into an optimate :dunno

ston3r · Jun 7, 2008

i had something like that clicked like mad when you turn it on, i found two blown fuse`s, my batt ok now not had the problem since

Black Sabbath · Jun 7, 2008

Yes Sprock it's on the optimate all the time which is odd that it seems knackered. Mind you they all die eventually I spose. Will go and check my fuses now tho as stoner said.

Black Sabbath · Jun 9, 2008

Just went to take my batty off to test it and found the positive wire just resting on the terminal:eatcorn. Seems to me that the vibrations caused by buggering the teets off the old vee twin caused the lil bolt to spin out of the top. I dropped a titchey bit of loctite onto the thread and replaced it (top tip):devious fired it up and the old bucking bronco roared into life again:doug
Plugged it into the optimate and immediately it was on the second light down which is what it normally shows on return from a ride. Hopefully in a bit the green light will be on the opti and I am back in bizz.:flip

DaveRSV · Jun 9, 2008

Black Sabbath said:
I went up to the garage/spar at the top of my road yesterday to grab a couple of tinnies (a 200 yard ride, any excuse lol)

200 yard rides aren't going to do it any good mate. You'll take a load out of the battery which the Optimate will then stuff back rather than just trickle charge. Wouldn't do that too often if I was you. :cheers

Black Sabbath · Jun 9, 2008

The good news is the green light and smiley face is now on on the optimate. The 200 yard spin to the spar shop(400 round trip!) is not a regular ride, I would normally hop on the bicycle to be honest.
Gonna ride the bike to work tomorrow (will stick the opti in my bag). Its 9 miles each way. If its still showing the green light this time tomorrow I reckon I am out of the woods.:eatcorn

carbon kid · Jun 10, 2008

mine died without warning ater 46k miles, (always kept on an optimate,) rode to work in the am by end of day I had the sjumping needles and clicking. Lasted well for me tho..just no warning it was kaput.
CK

Black Sabbath · Jun 11, 2008

This bad bugger seems to be back up and running. It was just a bad connection in the end.

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