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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Electric starters, Batteries and charging systems
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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 139168" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>Norman, in my case there was no leakage or drain, these were both brand new batteries purchased from Halfords, I did no more than took the batteries home, gave them a charge on my Optimate charger, fitted them to the bike and pressed the starter button, only to get a very sluggish response. When I took them back to Halfords I was treated with suspicion, when I explained the batteries were duff the sales technician said “we will soon find out on our Yuasa test equipment” and he did, they were both duff. On those particular batteries it has a sticker with the activation date on it, and it states on that sticker that if the battery is not used it should be charged every 8 weeks, both these batteries had not been charged for approx 1 year, both were duff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 139168, member: 302"] Norman, in my case there was no leakage or drain, these were both brand new batteries purchased from Halfords, I did no more than took the batteries home, gave them a charge on my Optimate charger, fitted them to the bike and pressed the starter button, only to get a very sluggish response. When I took them back to Halfords I was treated with suspicion, when I explained the batteries were duff the sales technician said “we will soon find out on our Yuasa test equipment” and he did, they were both duff. On those particular batteries it has a sticker with the activation date on it, and it states on that sticker that if the battery is not used it should be charged every 8 weeks, both these batteries had not been charged for approx 1 year, both were duff. [/QUOTE]
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