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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #15 - 03/11/10 at 16:13:21 I think it can charge it 2 amps for 24 hours take if 24 hours then on 24 hours keep doing that I 've did that once to a 6 volt battery that had been sitting for a couple years and it worked,It wasn't a seal battery,I think you can take those sealed batteries and ply off the strip on top off and put water in.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #16 - 03/12/10 at 07:54:08 bill67 wrote on 03/11/10 at 16:13:21: .....I think you can take those sealed batteries and ply off the strip on top off and put water in. on some maint free maybe but not on these AGM like a big crank
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #17 - 03/12/10 at 08:33:35 My Suzuki 1500 has a maint free battery in it I took the strip off and put water in.Its holding the charge good.Its 8 years old.
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Reply #18 - 03/12/10 at 10:18:34

I just put in the new battery ,It started after about 5 tries. The tip about straightening the tab came in handy . I also put the battery tender lead on the battery . I store the wire in the tool box ,but I was wondering ,even tho the contact end on the tender wire jack is insulated ,is there a chance it could arc to the tool box because it is just sitting in there . Thanks

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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: big crank battery Reply #19 - 03/12/10 at 11:14:24 yes it will arc in about 3 feet of water. avoid river crossings.
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Reply #20 - 03/12/10 at 11:29:31

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I don't see how, unless something just happened to get in that little hole, like a pc of wire, or the tip of a needle nose plyers ??

I just left mine kinda hangin there on top of the box,....a little tacky maybe, but I use it a lot.

AGM batteries (absorbed glass matt) cannot be refilled as far as I know. The acid is absorbed into a solid matt, so there is no real liquid.

I also have reveive long time dead batteries and made them usable for a while. But if they have not been kept charged, they are sulfated badly, and can never be depended on again.

Method ? Run them dead quickly, and charge'm back up, several times.

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #21 - 03/12/10 at 11:39:54 bill67 wrote on 03/12/10 at 08:33:35: My Suzuki 1500 has a maint free battery in it I took the strip off and put water in.Its holding the charge good.Its 8 years old. that's a different and older technology than the Big Cranks
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Reply #22 - 03/12/10 at 11:50:45

It is the belief that AGMs like the Big Crank will become the standard in the very near future. Everything about them is an advantage, the only disadvantage being their higher price,....at least in the automotive and RV industry seem like.
Someone said the Big Crank can be found for $60. That seems like a good price for an AGM motorcycle battery.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #23 - 03/12/10 at 12:20:50 I think if I every need a new battery I'll get the Yuasa high perfomance with 210 cc instead of the 190cc batteries. Its maint free for $75.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #24 - 03/12/10 at 13:26:03 I just started my up,It started right up,I did start it about a month ago,hasn't been ridden in 4 1/2 months,I haven't used any kind of charger on it all that time just kept it under the cover.
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Reply #25 - 03/12/10 at 14:17:20

bill67 wrote on 03/12/10 at 13:26:03:

I just started my up,It started right up,I did start it about a month ago,hasn't been ridden in 4 1/2 months,I haven't used any kind of charger on it all that time just kept it under the cover.

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Mine just spent january and february outside in subfreezing weather. Started up yesterday no problem. Read reviews of the big crank going 8-9 years with no charging and spending winters outside in the cold which is why I got one. And it was only $10 more than a yuasa refillable battery (empty).

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: big crank battery Reply #26 - 03/12/10 at 16:31:31 Now someone thats got a battery tender on their bike will say the tender works really good my bike started right up,Why wouldn't it,It would have started right up with out the tender. The battery just want last as long if you keep a tender on it.
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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: big crank battery Reply #27 - 03/12/10 at 17:25:35 Well, the bike has been hard starting for last couple of days. Battery must well past it's prime, got it out of a wrecked bike last year. no water in it for god knows how long, filled it up awhile back, charged it, been doing fine. Put it on the sh!tmarcher I got from wally world and it started great this morn.
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