Flat Battery

[darrsi]

[quote author=His Dudeness link=topic=24755.msg288198#msg288198 date=1543673026]
Another thing to keep in mind is if your battery is on it's last legs your charging system will be constantly at full wack trying to charge the dying battery so over time that can cause more serious problems to the charging system

Could my 20 year old battery be on its last legs, I keep it on an optimiser. How dose the bike charging work then, I thought that the bike constantly charged anyway didn't know there was a two way communication between the battery and the charging system.
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Unbeknowing to most people, rechargeable batteries do have a very short life, even more so when constantly recharged every day.
They'll still work but not at optimum strength or effect.


We buy Lithium camera batteries at work for cameras that cost about £500 a pop and because they're constantly on charge they do tend to lessen in reliability over time.
Our lead acid batteries which i use for my video monitors will again still work over time, but will noticeably have reduced power, even more so in very hot or cold conditions.


Seeing as bike batteries are so small, and what they now need to power, for me for example spotlights, headlights, heated grips, air horn, etc, they do incredibly well.