Went to turn the bike over, as havnt used it since the off in Aug. Was reguarly running her for 10 mins at a time, but for some reason the batt has gone flat - prob the weather!
Have it plugged in to optimate, and I have no power at all! Its not charging, or accepting a charge!
Need to work out what is at fault, battery, or Optimate.
Has anybody got a charger I can borrow for an evening, to hopefully find out if it is my charger or the battery thats up the creek?
I am car and bikeless in S London, so if anyones local and can help, it would be REALLY appreciated!
take the battery out of the bike to charge it up. An optimate won’t de-sulfate a battery if it detects that it is still connected to a systems in case of shorts/overcgharging.
DC multimeters are so cheap these days every biker should own one…connect in series with the battery/charger for current and across the supply for charger output volts , along with a hydrometer for ’ old ’ style batteries at about £5 and you’re sorted .
I dunno what you lot go on about these optimate things all the time, I went to my bike this morning after a week of below freezing in the garage and she started first time!
A week won’t usually kill a good battery, but a month or so in Winter can kill one, especially if it’s an old battery. Optimates are basically trickle chargers that keep a battery conditioned, fully charged and help them last longer. They are fairly cheep and can recover almost dead batteries. That’s why alot of people like them.
plus in winter you put more load on ya battery…heated grips, lights on all time, satnav, intercom/music plus mine is outside not in a garage so an optimate means it fires up everytime
