Piggin battery

[jasonbc]

CHEERS STEVE
Makes it sound like i,m now sitting on a BOMB!!!!! I,ll just get a new one
Phil

I put a Varta gel type in my bike in September had no problems. Just poor the water in leave the tp unsealed for 45 mins for the reaction to take place to turn it to a gel then seal the top. If you don't leave them long enough for the full reacton time they don't hold charge properlyso i was told at the battery store

[AIRWOLF]

Sounds like you have a 'sealed calcium acid' battery. . . . when the acid is put in the battery it re-acts with the 'stuff' inside to go a bit like gel, then the sealing strip is fitted.
A 'Gel' battery has no sealing strip so can only be opened by disassembling the case, i.e. breaking it.
But whatever you call it, . . . it sound's like it's finished.
Surprised you do not have halfords in france, i know they have them in holland.

[Freerangestormer]

GLASGOW!!!!!!!!! it say SINGAPORE on your location no battered mars bars there

Well I manage to get back twice a year or there abouts, it's Ayrshire if I am being strictly accurate. Believe it or not there is a chippy in Singapore that does deep fried Mars Bars, I confess I have not sought it out to try it but I have just had a report that one of the deli's has a stock of Irn Bru in, so that's tomorrows mission

It's a brave man that tries to bump start the Vara wonder if that's on you tube.

It's just about standard practice out here to install a volt meter. I put one in my tacho and tapped from the regulated supply in the binnacle. It normally reads 0.6 > 0.8 V below the battery voltage, so although that's not an absolute reading it give me a trend. It normally runs between 12.8 > 13.1 which would be 13.4 > 13.9 extreme range at the battery which is what I would consider a healthy output. Battery voltage if I leve her from one weekend to the next will be down to just over 12 and she spins and starts first kick at that. If I stall her the voltage goes low enough for the volatile memory for trip readings to be lost, I am led to believe the thresh hold voltage for that is around 9V.

[PHILinFRANCE]

Sounds like you have a 'sealed calcium acid' battery. . . . when the acid is put in the battery it re-acts with the 'stuff' inside to go a bit like gel, then the sealing strip is fitted.
A 'Gel' battery has no sealing strip so can only be opened by disassembling the case, i.e. breaking it.
But whatever you call it, . . . it sound's like it's finished.
Surprised you do not have halfords in france, i know they have them in holland.

HALFORDS IN FRANCE you got to be kidding not round here anyway its all seed potatos and combined harvester shops the things i have to put up with
Phil

[PHILinFRANCE]

Well I manage to get back twice a year or there abouts, it's Ayrshire if I am being strictly accurate. Believe it or not there is a chippy in Singapore that does deep fried Mars Bars, I confess I have not sought it out to try it but I have just had a report that one of the deli's has a stock of Irn Bru in, so that's tomorrows mission

It's a brave man that tries to bump start the Vara wonder if that's on you tube.

It's just about standard practice out here to install a volt meter. I put one in my tacho and tapped from the regulated supply in the binnacle. It normally reads 0.6 > 0.8 V below the battery voltage, so although that's not an absolute reading it give me a trend. It normally runs between 12.8 > 13.1 which would be 13.4 > 13.9 extreme range at the battery which is what I would consider a healthy output. Battery voltage if I leve her from one weekend to the next will be down to just over 12 and she spins and starts first kick at that. If I stall her the voltage goes low enough for the volatile memory for trip readings to be lost, I am led to believe the thresh hold voltage for that is around 9V.

Now your bending my mind with all these watts volt thingies but last nights charge seems to have done the trick just done around 150klm with 6/7 fag stops(on hills) and she fired up each time!!!! fingers crossed I still think i,ll get a new one for the Spain and UK runs
Thanks Phil

[StumpyFingers]

Now your bending my mind with all these watts volt thingies but last nights charge seems to have done the trick just done around 150klm with 6/7 fag stops(on hills) and she fired up each time!!!! fingers crossed I still think i,ll get a new one for the Spain and UK runs
Thanks Phil

Save up until you're in the U.K. then get a new one.

[PHILinFRANCE]

Save up until you're in the U.K. then get a new one.

Sort of had the same idea myself SF as they,re about £40 in the uk and 120euros here but i don,t fancy having a dead battery half way up France i,ll just have to go 2 days without food!!!! poor me at least theres loads of WINE IN
Phil

[StumpyFingers]

Sort of had the same idea myself SF as they,re about £40 in the uk and 120euros here but i don,t fancy having a dead battery half way up France i,ll just have to go 2 days without food!!!! poor me at least theres loads of WINE IN
Phil

"GULP"
At the current exchange rate that is about £110
If it seems to be holding at the moment I would chance it.

[PHILinFRANCE]

Makes you wonder dun it!!!! maybe i,ll only stop in the services there,re always full of big hairy wagoners to give me a push(pretty please) but no kissing
Phil

[MCsanandreas]

must be something in the air this week,my T/A battery died on me on Sunday.
£24.99 for a new one from my friendly local bikeshop,just the job.