Can you charge a modern motorcycle battery on a standard car battery charger thanks Steve
Can you charge a modern motorcycle battery on a standard car battery Usualy Yes, but if it's a gel battery check out the manufacturers webshyte. Plenty of info on the web abot them. SWKWBAIAM -- -- Robbo Trophy 1200 1998 BMW K100 RS 1984 "Fairly Quick" status. Silver level BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004. B.O.S.M 2003, 2004 FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449 PM#7 ..
Yes unless it's from a kickstart bike, in which case the current might be enough to overheat the plates. The general rule is charge at 10% of the amp-hour rating, so a 14 Ah battery should be charged at 1.4A max. I always ignored this and my last battery lasted 12 years.
Hmm, I have charged the TS50 battery on afew occasions with the car charger with no (apparent) ill effects. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
In the past I've put a few MZ TS batteries on a 12v car charger with no, discernable, ill effects. Charged bloody quickly though.
I have tended to use the trickle charge setting, rather than the quick charge. Still charged up pretty quick mind. -- Dan L (Oldbloke) My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr M'boy's bike 2003 Honda NSR125R Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X BOTAFOT #140, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow)
Who was it here who accepted a jump start on his ShiteOldBeemer from a truck, a couple of years ago, not realising that trucks have 24v systems? IIRC he was amazed how quickly it started. Equally amazingly, the only casualty was the electric clock. Again, IIRC.
