Conditioning a new battery before first start
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I have had new batteries which hit full charge immediately with my Batteryminder, and ones that charged for 24 hours, so I think it is good to charge fully, if possible.
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My local battery shop told me it's no necessary to condition the new Deka battery I bought for my old bike. I put it to use right away, and it was good for 3+ years and was still good when I traded it in.
can't hurt it if it's on a tender, I wouldn't put it on a charger in fear of "over charging" it.
can't hurt it if it's on a tender, I wouldn't put it on a charger in fear of "over charging" it.
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LOL, well, I put the new battery in, and the tender said it was fully charged after about 5 minutes.
Also, I discovered there must have been freeloaders squatting in my bike this winter.
Also, I discovered there must have been freeloaders squatting in my bike this winter.
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this is what i'm thinking , why wouldn't you charge it after dropping all that coin on it ?
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To be honest it's not really the batt you should worry about.
Good idea to fully charge. But it's not helping or hurting it. It is how ever not good for your charging system or starting system to have a batt that's not up too full charged. If u have too put a new batt in and ride go for it. But try to make it a long ride. There is No memory in and acid battery like nicad and others
Good idea to fully charge. But it's not helping or hurting it. It is how ever not good for your charging system or starting system to have a batt that's not up too full charged. If u have too put a new batt in and ride go for it. But try to make it a long ride. There is No memory in and acid battery like nicad and others
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An alternative is to put it on the bike and ride for a tankful, so the bike charges it up. Frequent short rides will certainly do a new battery more harm than good. Despite tha packaging often telling us a new battery is 'fully charged', they are not, although they can be pressed into use if necessary.
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