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Flower Jamie
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restore project > led turn signals

Post by Flower Jamie » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:56 am

Sorry to send two announcements about uploading LEDconversion.pdf: I didn't know clicking "send the group a message about this file" would not allow me to send a custom message. I just want to say that the author, Ron Ryno of Planet Equipment, gave me permission to post his article, warning me that some of the info might be dated.

Doug Herr
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time for a new battery.

Post by Doug Herr » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:38 am

The wife and I have not been riding much lately with the bikes have been garaged for the past year. We have AGM batteries and I swap the battery tender back and forth between them from time to time. Last week I started her bike and and let it warm up 'till the fan cycled a couple of time and then switched off the fuel and waited for it to show signs of fuel starvation before killing the engine. All well there. Yesterday I figured I would actually ride mine to give it the full treatment... While getting ready I verified high and low bean, brake lights and signals, all well. This proves that the battery was working well enough to run the head light for a minute or so without issue. Once suited up, I hit the starter button and it went out just like a fuse blew. The battery shows about 15 volts but it will not show *any* light when I wire an old motorcycle headlight bulb to it. Seems this is the form of instant death AGM failure that I think Jeff Saline described some time back. I do still *really* like the maintenance free aspect and I am not sure how soon I will get back to regular rides, so whatever I get for replacement might need to sit for some time. Any pro/con thoughts on this one?: http://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/sYB14L-A2.html -- Doug Herr A16 in Oakland, California

Doug Herr
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time for a new battery.

Post by Doug Herr » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:06 pm

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 08:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: [snip] > Once suited up, I hit the starter button and it went out just like a > fuse blew. The battery shows about 15 volts [snip] Ack. My VOM meter *also* needed a new battery. With a fresh 9volt battery in there, it shows my old/dead? AGM at 12.68V. So the death of the AGM was a case of *pop* and it won't push out amperage anymore, but is still showing as fully changed based on the voltage reading. -- Doug Herr A16 in Oakland, California

RobertWichert
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time for a new battery.

Post by RobertWichert » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:32 pm

Sounds more like a bad connection to me. Maybe a wire connection went poof. Could be water at the battery too. Fuse? Robert P. Wichert P.Eng LEED AP +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================
On 3/21/2011 10:06 AM, Doug Herr wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 08:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > [snip] > > Once suited up, I hit the starter button and it went out just like a > > fuse blew. The battery shows about 15 volts [snip] > > Ack. My VOM meter *also* needed a new battery. With a fresh 9volt > battery in there, it shows my old/dead? AGM at 12.68V. > > So the death of the AGM was a case of *pop* and it won't push out > amperage anymore, but is still showing as fully changed based on the > voltage reading. > > -- > Doug Herr > A16 in Oakland, California > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Doug Herr
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time for a new battery.

Post by Doug Herr » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:40 pm

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 10:31 -0700, RobertWichert wrote:
> Sounds more like a bad connection to me. Maybe a wire connection went > poof. Could be water at the battery too. > > Fuse?
I should have noted that I did remove the battery and test directly from the posts. It shows all happy like for small bulbs, but at headlight power level it shows that it is no longer a happy camper. -- Doug Herr A16 in Oakland, California

Jud
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time for a new battery.

Post by Jud » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:15 pm

Leave your VOM on there and push the starter button. If the voltage drops below 10v, you will know your battery is done (as if you didn't know already).
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Doug Herr wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 08:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > [snip] > > Once suited up, I hit the starter button and it went out just like a > > fuse blew. The battery shows about 15 volts [snip] > > Ack. My VOM meter *also* needed a new battery. With a fresh 9volt > battery in there, it shows my old/dead? AGM at 12.68V. > > So the death of the AGM was a case of *pop* and it won't push out > amperage anymore, but is still showing as fully changed based on the > voltage reading. > > -- > Doug Herr > A16 in Oakland, California >

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