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Barbel Mick
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 5095
Bike: 800RE
Location: Derby
Re: Optimate chargers.
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Reply #20 on:
December 03, 2023, 12:53:16 »
If your battery is normally on the Optimate, or if not, put it on for a week before you go away, then disconnect it before you go away. It will be OK for a week or two, then, when you get back reconnect it.
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Pete O Tube
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Joined: Jul 2019
Posts: 124
Bike: DL1000A L8, Triumph 765 Street Triple R, Sym MaxSym 600i
Location: South Derbyshire
Re: Optimate chargers.
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Reply #21 on:
December 03, 2023, 13:29:06 »
If you want to be certain as to whether there's any drain while the Optimate is unpowered, use your multimeter set to mA (and in series not parallel (as when checking voltage)).
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nigel s
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Joined: Apr 2023
Posts: 2258
Bike: DL650A M2
Location: Norfolk, UK
Re: Optimate chargers.
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Reply #22 on:
December 03, 2023, 13:41:14 »
Ta Gents,good advice
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What with the ridiculous price of batteries at the mo,the days of replacing my battery every other year as a matter of course (Whether it needed it or not) are long gone.
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Ianmc
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 1394
Bike: DL650AL5
Location: Ilson
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Reply #23 on:
December 03, 2023, 19:14:52 »
You could always check the charger with a multimeter on the “diode check“ setting on the clips when they are off the battery and the mains switched off.
That would tell you accurately whether there is anything feeding back.
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nigel s
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Bike: DL650A M2
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December 04, 2023, 04:23:35 »
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Robotstar5
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 571
Bike: DL650K5
Location: Birmingham UK
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Reply #25 on:
December 05, 2023, 11:09:22 »
Got no complaints about Optimate chargers apart from they only seem to last about 10 years
my bike's been parked in the garage on one for the last 3 years without any issues, it started OK a few weeks ago so the battery must be good.
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