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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Weak spark Reply #15 - 11/06/07 at 13:36:39 Becareful what you ask a phd.
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barry68v10 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 955 Maryland Gender:	Re: Weak spark Reply #16 - 11/06/07 at 13:56:11 verslagen1 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11: Becareful what you ask a phd. My dad keeps telling me this stands for "piled higher and deeper"
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Re: Weak spark
Reply #17 - 11/06/07 at 13:56:13

A single actual test on the garage floor says the '02 Savage will crank at 12.26v but will not start -
at ~12.30v the ign module finally fires properly and it will start - the rule of thumb for an agm battery states:

open circuit voltage.........state of charge
........12.80 or greater............100%
...............12.60.....................75%
...............12.30.....................50%
...............12.00.....................25%
...............11.80......................0%

The actual stabilized OCV can only be determined after
the battery has been disconnected from a charge source for 24 hours - this allows the float to dissipate

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Reply #18 - 11/07/07 at 09:42:42

"Piled Higher and Deeper". Now that's something that I can understand Tongue

Let me see if I can summarize this for all the newbies...

If your battery is floating but doesn't have enough stable voltage and/or your battery has a bunch of oxidized white stuff worn off in the cells, then it is highly possible that you can experience a wimpy spark!

Did that help? Grin

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Reply #19 - 11/07/07 at 10:06:58

"Piled Higher and Deeper" - That's what all my prof's called it to. And I think they also refered the university as the mushroom factory.

If your battery is floating... add electrolite and charge.

If you can see a bunch of oxidized white stuff worn off in the cells... You must have a glass case and your battery is older than the hills, time to replace. Grin

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Reply #20 - 11/07/07 at 10:28:38

verslagen1 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

"Piled Higher and Deeper" - That's what all my prof's called it to. And I think they also refered the university as the mushroom factory.

If your battery is floating... add electrolite and charge.

If you can see a bunch of oxidized white stuff worn off in the cells... You must have a glass case and your battery is older than the hills, time to replace. Grin

So that's it!

Engineer = Blooming Mushroom Grin

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Weak spark Reply #21 - 11/07/07 at 11:10:35 Naw, we engineers are still mired in muck, just spores or worms. The bloomin' mushrooms with their heads in the clouds, were PHD's of the physics kind.
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Re: Weak spark
Reply #22 - 11/07/07 at 12:30:46

verslagen1 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:11:

Naw, we engineers are still mired in muck, just spores or worms.

The bloomin' mushrooms with their heads in the clouds, were PHD's of the physics kind.

Well, I know all too well, that when engineers are mired in muck, the technicians are buried in............. Tongue

BTW - did we help cFlow out or did he just give up on us? It's been fun anyway

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cFLOW Full Member Offline life is great Posts: 191 Bootheel MO Gender:	Re: Weak spark Reply #23 - 11/07/07 at 17:44:03 It turned out that the ignitor also had a bad ground too. so I have new battery (free under warranty) and I just have to finish the tank now. thanks for all the added info Im sure this will help someone else also.
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Re: Weak spark
Reply #24 - 07/08/08 at 20:19:27

Reelthing wrote on 11/06/07 at 13:56:13:

The actual stabilized OCV can only be determined after
the battery has been disconnected from a charge source for 24 hours - this allows the float to dissipate

A quick way to get rid of the "float" or "surface" charge is to turn on the ignition and select the high beam. Don't start the bike. Let the headlight burn for three minutes, turn the ignition off and wait five minutes. You should now be able to get a good OCV from the battery.

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