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Re: [St] Hmm... toasty! ...and battery woes
- Subject: Re: [St] Hmm... toasty! ...and battery woes
- From: Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:02:57 +0000
On Sat 29 Nov 2008, Chris Harwood wrote:
>
> You can install an ammeter to find out how much charge, if any, is
> getting to the battery but a voltmeter will give a good indication too,
> and is easier to lash-up.
I'd be interested if anyone has a source for a digital voltmeter suitable for
mounting on the bike. I remember a few years back seeing a web page where
some guy had mounted a Honda boat-engine voltmeter on his Pan-Euro, he was
most impressed that it had the Honda logo in the dial :rolls eyes: that was
analogue though.
> As you come to the end of your journey, you can probably afford to
> switch the grips off if the battery needs that little bit extra.
I already do that, but thanks anyway.
Problem is that my commute home goes like this: Slow- Quick - Slow - Quick.
(Traffic in the morning is much less of an issue on my route.)
By the time I'm through the second slow part and can turn the grips off and
give the engine some revs (but not too many - residential area, loud pipe,
and 30mph limit), I'm already within 5 minutes of home.
When the battery died on me last week, I'd broken my journey at the end of the
first slow part, so didn't replenish what had been used to start the bike
initially. (Slow as in bumper-to-bumper traffic with occasional opportunities
to filter at 10-15 mph)
Eoin
'04 ST955i
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