Left the bike in park overnight, wouldn't crank the next morning. Hooked it up to my trickle charger and it won't take a charge. I don't have a multimeter with me, so I can't check on the voltage.
2007-06-09 14:24:17 · 8 answers · asked by spelunker 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
you need more then a trickle charger for a complete discharged battery
2007-06-09 14:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can ruin a battery with a single deep discharge but more than likely not. If the batery is a few years old then YOU CAN. I had that happen and I tried connecting it to a car battery to jump it.
My advice is to pull the battery out (or disconnect it ) and hook it to a car battery. Leave it connected for 10 minutes or so and see if the trickle charger will work. I use a 10 AMP automatic battery charger and never had a problem in the last 5 years with batteries. If the battery will not charge after that, you have to replace it or rebuild it.
2007-06-09 16:16:59 · answer #2 · answered by james hart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it will not die just because you discharged it completely. When you discharge the battery, lead sulphate is collected on the plates but it is not hard yet, it looks like mucus and needs a few weeks to harden. As long as it is in mucus form, you can recharge the battery and dissolve the sulphation into the electrolyte. You have to make sure that power supply is over 13.4 volts.(and no more than 14.4 volts) If your battery is not really old and completed its life, it will start charging after a while. Be patient, sometimes it may take hours before it starts charging.
2007-06-10 10:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kmax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Draining a battery down to zero volts will usually harm it for life.
A trickle charger won't have enough amps to bring the battery back to life.
There are battery chargers that can bring a totally dead battery back to life (BatteryMate), but they're to expensive for the average person to buy one.
Quality brand name motorcycle shops have them.
Yamaha shops are required by Yamaha to have one.
Negotiate with a parts counter guy. Tell them to charge and then check your battery.
If it's OK, you'll pay for the charge.
If it isn't, you'll buy a new battery from him.
2007-06-09 14:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
maybe after draining the battery like that 50 or 100 times, then its time for a new one
get a new one every 5 years or so if in doubt
2007-06-09 14:30:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the water in the battery if it has checks for it. Keep trying to charge it... You might get it back- otherwise - You can get a new battery for only $15-$25...
(a few tanks of gas worth)...
2007-06-09 19:02:51 · answer #6 · answered by rod 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not but you don't say anything about how old the battery is, was it recently replaced, etc....
2007-06-09 14:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by sherex 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why yes it can.
2007-06-09 14:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by stnkrbn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋