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[Flower Jamie]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 >