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    Motorbike battery - max charge rate vs alternator output

    Now something to exercise those little grey cells.

    I need yet another battery for my 2007 Yamaha XJR1300. I don't ride it enough and it looks like the CTek XS0.8 charger that is usually connected might have boiled the battery dry. So I looked up the specs for the XTZ14S AGM battery used in the XJR and noted it has a normal charge rate of 1A and a max charge rate of 3A. The XJR alternator can output 28A which seems, at first glance, to be a little high!

    On a fresh battery, it probably wouldn't be an issue as the battery would be fully charged quickly - but what about an older battery?

    This may be all rhetorical as I don't have much choice but to buy a new battery but your inputs/thoughts would be interesting.
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    Cannot help you on battery selection but I too suspected I cooked a battery leaving the charger on 24/7.....

    For my camper trailer I had it on a 7 day timer charging for one 24hr period per 7 days.....I than moved to a small solar panel where it trickle charged each day giving the batteries a rest at night.

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    Hi Ron and weed’s suggestion of a solar panel is the simples and safest way to look after infrequently used batteries.

    Jaycar and Altronics use to have a regulatered, small milli-amp solar panels.

    These would be perfect for your situation.

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    I use a Projecta Battery maintainer on my bike over those bad months ,
    It puts out roughly 200 milli amps
    Does a brilliant job and never a issue

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    I put a motobatt agm in my bike 6 years ago and apart from the occasional charge it's holding up well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    I put a motobatt agm in my bike 6 years ago and apart from the occasional charge it's holding up well.
    x2...good battery

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    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    I put a motobatt agm in my bike 6 years ago and apart from the occasional charge it's holding up well.
    Better than mine. This will be the 4th (or 5th) battery in 10 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordie View Post
    x2...good battery
    Um x3

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    I just had a look on evilbay for a Motobatt YTZ14S equivalent and several suppliers are advertising "new & refurbished" batteries.

    What the heck is a refurbished battery? One that has been cleaned?

    I'm a bit leery of buying from any of them!
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    interesting discussion.

    I have a Century PS12180 12v 18Ah SLA motorbike battery in my Electric Landy as part of the ADR/ NCOP14 rule that states the Hazard lights need to work for 30 min in the event of a main traction battery fail.

    All the 12v electrics are hooked up to it . Lights / Horn / Wipers etc
    It also provides 12V to energise the Kilovac 2000amp contactors for the main traction pack.


    When the car is powered on a 50amp DC-DC converter keeps the battery charged at 13.8 Volt


    I wonder how long this little battery is going to live given that according to the Century website the safe charging rate of a Lead Acid is 10% of its Ah rating, which in my case would be 1.8Amp ????
    May account for the huge fail rate of Tesla 12 SLA batteries, which serve exactly the same purpose.

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