Battery Charger question

[irishjohnny]

This might sound silly but if I need to charge the battery on the AT can I do it with the Halfords car battery charger I have somewhere in the garage ?

Cheers,
John

[robelst]

As long as it's not one of those "charge-your-battery-in-10-seconds" superchargers it should be no problem. A "rule of thumb" is you should charge with roughly 1 A per 10 Ah capacity, which would be 1.2 A on an AT I believe? Since I have no idea who ever came up with that rule I usually ignore it and use my car charger that does between 3- (empty) down to 1 (full) Amperes. My previous battery lastet more than 6 years so that's what rules of thumbs are worth .
Just don't leave it on too long, an hour is usually more than enough to start the bike. Good luck!

[mal]

Have you considered buying a Optimax battery charger, it keeps the battery charged at all times, just plug it in and forget, it's available in any motorcycle dealer cost about £40.

[irishjohnny]

I'll give the car charger a whirl and an opti type one in the long term.

Cheers
John

[Muckybill]

I have one of those Halford battery chargers and it has a motorcycle setting. Works fine for me and my battery likes it to
Bill

[jvaughan]

I have a charger, rated for Diesel Engines.. takes 48 hours to trickle charge the TVR Battery... does the bike battery, and even my diving torch.

bought from Halfrauds