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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1416 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Bummer Battery ! 06/29/14 at 21:10:37 Was going for a ride on my '08 today, clicked once, battery died. Took it out, as expected, previous owner did no maintenance, all of the cells were at 1/2 level. Filled it up, put on battery tender, full charge lasted for 2 minutes, trickle lasted for about 1/2 hour. Will leave on all night. Any chance this battery is toast? :'(
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Reply #1 - 06/29/14 at 21:35:01

Its possible to revive a battery with a desulfator if the batt is as old as the bike then its likely no hope for it but if its 2 or 3 years old there is hope with a desulfator, I have 2 of them one is built into my trickle charger and the other is a Infinitum Desulfator which i got on fleabay for approx 35 dollars that can stay hooked up and will work as you are driving . They seem to work i brought back a few batterys from the dead one batt wouldnt accept a charge and would not crank at all, the charger said it was fully charged and after i had the Infinitum Desulfator on for a few days i could use the battery but it wasnt like new . The longer you leave the Desulfator on the better though and you can leave it attached and it will work as you drive. Almost as cheap to buy a new batt though unless you have other batterys to try it on. Oh i also got a 7 year old battery that was completely dead for that long to hold a decent charge but not good enough to use. maybe if i would have left it on for a month it would have possibly started the bike though but i got tired of waiting and tossed the batt and bought new.

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1416 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Bummer Battery ! Reply #2 - 06/30/14 at 12:03:55 I'll give this one a try first, then try a spare from my honda. I need to move the bike to my new shop (20 foot container) without trucking it. That prompts another question: why the huge difference in battery sizes? Honda battery is 1/2 the size of the Suz battery!
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Re: Bummer Battery !
Reply #3 - 06/30/14 at 13:18:16

for the CCA...
It takes more oomph to start a big a$$ single than a similar sized twin or four bangers... the individual pistons are the limit.

bore 94mm^2/4 times pi times the compression of 150 to 190 psi = 1600 to 2044 pounds of force

vs.

46mm^2/4 times pi times the compression of 150 to 190 psi = 400 to 510 pounds of force
You only have to overcome the compression of one piston at a time.

so a twin has less then a third of the force just to move the piston up.

Depending of the size of the flywheel gear, the torque required to turn it is less.

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Reply #4 - 06/30/14 at 15:35:43

My Savage cooked it's battery dry after a wire to the regulator came loose, giving it an unregulated 20 v for who knows how long? It stopped working. Filled it with new water and charged it gently and it's been starting my Pantah just fine for a year now.
The Cabbage has a smaller lithium battery which is great. Is much smaller than the wet batt and hides away easier.
Good luck, hope yours comes back too.

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1416 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Bummer Battery ! Reply #5 - 06/30/14 at 21:43:41 Will put it in the bike Tuesday. put the tender on it Monday night and it appears to be taking a charge, as battery tender light is red for much longer than Sunday night. Maybe I'll get lucky.
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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: Bummer Battery ! Reply #6 - 06/30/14 at 21:50:59 I got a neglected battery with a wrecked bike, don't know how long it sat in the yard. water low in several cells, filled it, charged it, worked fine for a couple of years.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1416 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Bummer Battery ! Reply #7 - 07/01/14 at 22:23:48 TOAST ! appeared to have some charging issues, voltage dropped from 12.3 volts to 10.5 volts, 2 hours after charging, never did install it. RATS! Tomorrow to wally to buy new battery. &^%$#@!!!
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