iceman26
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 06:45 PM |
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bike battery
will the battery of a motor bike be good enough
or will i have to buy a red top
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Hellfire
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 06:47 PM |
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Original Bike Battery will be fine...
Steve
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nitram38
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 07:11 PM |
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Although an oddessey 680 battery is exactly the same as a redtop 25 !
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BenB
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 07:43 PM |
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Yup. Bike battery will be okay.... as long as you're nice to them.....
Bike batteries don't like to be ignored for too long- I think a fair few BECers use optimates etc.... I for one do as I went through two
batteries (both dying after a couple of years) before getting the optimate...
Also don't give jump starts to other drivers- though to be fair that's not the battery it's the regulator..... which are also
fragile....
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 08:05 PM |
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agree with Ben and Hellfire fine batteries but trickle charge them with an optimate when left for a while
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nitram38
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 08:32 PM |
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The oddessey and the red top will hold a charge for 2 years without charging and are a better bet long term.
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Wadders
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 09:54 PM |
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Have to agree, well worth the extra money, i had two supposedly sealed bike batteries on mine they both leaked and died within a year. oddessey are
dry cell and are amazing at holding charge.
Al.
Originally posted by nitram38
The oddessey and the red top will hold a charge for 2 years without charging and are a better bet long term.
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RazMan
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 10:49 PM |
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I was regularly replacing my Goldwing battery every year (under guarantee) so I would go the Oddessy route in a BEC if budget will allow, because you
will be drawing a little more current than a bike (twice the lights anyway). They still need to be trickle charged every few weeks though
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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