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Motorcycle Forum / General / Yamaha / March 2008Dead Battery (dumb-a.s)
I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. I have an old automatic solid state battery charger that is 12v 10amp. Settings are Conventional/Low maintenance & Maintenance Free. Can I use this to charge the battery or should I avoid using such a charger & take the battery to the Yamaha dealer to have it charged? Thanks, Rick >I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the >manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Rick sheez. just charge the f.cker. use the low if you're nervous. |>>I have an old automatic solid state battery charger that is 12v |>>10amp. Settings are Conventional/Low maintenance & Maintenance Free. It should work alright, since the charger itself does not put out anymore than what the battery tells it to, governed by a finer setting that you mentioned above....  SignatureTriad Productions-Fantalla®(tm)~EZine~ParaNovel http://tarbitch.balder.prohosting. com mirror>> http://triad.beam. at > I have an old automatic solid state �battery charger that is 12v > 10amp. Settings are Conventional/Low maintenance & Maintenance Free. > Can I use this to charge the battery or should I avoid using such a > charger & take the battery to the Yamaha dealer to have it charged? If the charger puts more than 5 amps into a 10 ampere hour battery on a 2 hour quick charge, the battery can be damaged from internally overheated. I have an old dumb charger that puts out 3 amps, and I can quick charge my 14 ampere hour battery at 6 amps, according to the sticker on the battery. But 3 amps on the low setting is too much for a trickle charge, so I use a wall blob that was intended to recharge NiCad batteries. It puts out 600 milliamps and will charge up my 14 ampere hour battery in about 24 hours, raising the voltage from 12 volts to 15 volts in the process. After removing the battery from the charger, the voltage falls off to 12.8 volts, indicating that the battery is fully charged. > I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the > manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Rick Keep the water level up in the cells, black is ground side (-) on the Yamaha, Red is the Plus side. That battery is probably NOT a Maintenance Free unit. I would stick it on Conventional. But, do monitor it as it charges. No smoking or flames. charging releases Hydrogen gas, and we all remember the Hindenburg! If living in cold climate, and the bike gets parked, get a trickle charger to keep the battery up while parked for extended periods, like more than a month. Lead Acid Batteries lose about 1% of their charge each day. >I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the > manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Can I use this to charge the battery or should I avoid using such a > charger & take the battery to the Yamaha dealer to have it charged? Trickle charger would be nice, but as long as the battery doesn't get too warm, use your charger. Better yet, jump start the bike with your car, then go for a nice, long ride. Keep the cables handy. It's entirely possible you did permanent damage to your battery. They don't like to be drained flat. CS >>I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the >> manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >CS don't jump start it. you could blow the electrics. just charge the battery. Thanks everyone. I appreciate the input. >>>I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the >>> manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >don't jump start it. you could blow the electrics. just charge the battery. >>>I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the >>> manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >don't jump start it. you could blow the electrics. just charge the battery. I charged the battery & took the bike for a ride. (a very cold ride) Thanks for your help. Rick I have a couple of bikes and ride way too infrequently. I use a little 5w solar panel which will freshen up a Honda VRF 750 battery in a couple of sunny days. Easy. Shawn XT500 VFR750 >>>>I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the >>>> manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Rick |>don't jump start it. you could blow the electrics. just charge the battery. We all know to tell the car to turn the motor off while jump starting the smaller batt system....... The Scoot will just draw what it needs and it can't be hurt be xtra amps sitting around...if the car was running it would blow your main fuse every time if your lucky.... SignatureTriad Productions-Fantalla®(tm)~EZine~ParaNovel http://tarbitch.balder.prohosting. com mirror>> http://triad.beam. at >I left the ignition key on & I drained the battery. According to the > manual on my V-star 650, it says the battery is a 12v 10amp. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Rick Push it down a hill, turn on the key when about 40 k's, engage third gear and ride away for a while to recharge. No big deal. |
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