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aceshigh92 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	bike not starting please help 10/01/08 at 12:11:12 my bike battery died, and i recharged it, when i put it back in and all the lights and horn and everything the battery controlled worked but the horn wasnt as loudans it was, and the engine wouldnt start up it just makes a wierd thin sounding noise, Any ideas
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: bike not starting please help Reply #1 - 10/01/08 at 12:12:36 Did you check the fluid level of the battery before and after you charged it?
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aceshigh92 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: bike not starting please help Reply #2 - 10/01/08 at 12:17:03 yeah, it was in between the to marking lines i believe.
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Reply #3 - 10/01/08 at 16:36:42

Your description makes me think the battery has a dead cell. Get hold of a digital voltmeter and measure the battery voltage. A fully charged 12 volt battery (the one on your Savage) should read about 12.6 volts, after sitting an hour or so off charge. That works out to 2.1 volts per cell. If it reads 12 it isn't charged. If it reads some multiple of 2.1 volts low (10.5, for example) it has one or more dead cells and is essentially trash. Turn on the ignition. The battery voltage will drop, but it shouldn't drop very much. If it drops 2 volts you have a bad cell and the battery is trash. The only cure for a dead cell is battery replacement.

Eschew obfuscation.

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aceshigh92 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: bike not starting please help Reply #4 - 10/01/08 at 17:03:31 thank you, i will try it out
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aceshigh92 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: bike not starting please help Reply #5 - 10/02/08 at 16:15:17 gettin a new battery it was a dead cell mechanic looked at it too
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