Left the light and ignitions switch on for about a week. Battery dead...went on two rides hoping it would re-charge, no luck. Tried to jump it...just clicks. Trickle charger says it charged..Do I have a dead cell, or is there possibly another problem? I don't want to drop the $ on a new battery is there is something else going on. Thanks for your help...
Battery replacement? '03 wr 250
Started by santacruzr, Oct 06 2003 05:06 AM
4 replies to this topic
Posted 06 October 2003 - 05:06 AM
Left the light and ignitions switch on for about a week. Battery dead...went on two rides hoping it would re-charge, no luck. Tried to jump it...just clicks. Trickle charger says it charged..Do I have a dead cell, or is there possibly another problem? I don't want to drop the $ on a new battery is there is something else going on. Thanks for your help...
Posted 06 October 2003 - 07:03 AM
Did the same thing, only left it on for a day in very hot weather. I could not get it back. That was three months ago, and I am still on the kicker.
I am not going to replace it until I have time to come up with an automatic low voltage shutoff to prevent it from happening again.
I am not going to replace it until I have time to come up with an automatic low voltage shutoff to prevent it from happening again.
Posted 06 October 2003 - 07:21 AM
Left mine on and had the same problem. Again, several multi hour rides and the thing did not charge. I then used a 12 volt charger that I bought at target. It had a 2 amp setting which I used. The batter charged in about 5 hours. I have never had a problem since.
Posted 06 October 2003 - 01:41 PM
Some chargers will not charge a completely dead battery...I know Battery Tenders will not.There are chargers out there that will deep cycle charge which is what you need.
Posted 06 October 2003 - 02:16 PM
When you let the charge out of a lead-acid battery salt crystals form on the inside. These crystals puncture the insulation material between the anode and cathode plates - they conduct electricity, so they short out a cell at a time.
An old trick, going back to NiCAd batteries is to blast them with current. A good dose of current will melt the crystals and the battery will hold a charge again. A car battery charger can be used for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the holes in the insulation are still there and will leak current through them. In other words - this is only a temporary fix. I had a DRZ that this happened to, after blasting it then charging it with the battery tender - I got another year out of the battery before it had to be replaced.
Good luck,
An old trick, going back to NiCAd batteries is to blast them with current. A good dose of current will melt the crystals and the battery will hold a charge again. A car battery charger can be used for this purpose.
Unfortunately, the holes in the insulation are still there and will leak current through them. In other words - this is only a temporary fix. I had a DRZ that this happened to, after blasting it then charging it with the battery tender - I got another year out of the battery before it had to be replaced.
Good luck,
