Lithium Battery

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  1. Pete1987

    Pete1987 Active Member

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    Hi All,

    I think after 3 years my battery has given in, it barely holds charge for a couple of weeks now.

    So I am looking at replacing it with a Lithium battery.

    Has anyone on here had one for a longer period of time? Any opinions, advice (where to buy, brands etc)

    Is there any reason as to not use one.

    Any information would be great.

    Cheers

    Pete
     
    #1 Pete1987, Mar 14, 2013
  2. Remal

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    Do the Optimate 4 Dual Chargers do Lithium Batts?

    Just about to order a charger from Tweeks
     
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    I know they do a specific Lithium batt model Sinewave, don't know if the 4 duals do. Doesn't say anything about them on my 4.

    OptiMate Retail Chargers
     
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  7. Pete1987

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    Is there any issues with having accessories on the bike with a lithium battery?

    I have a starcom system wired in and I may also install a pc3 or pc5 now I have the yoshi fitted.
     
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  8. JM1

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    No
     
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  9. Pete1987

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    Last question, is there anywhere to get a Shorai, Ballistic, Skyrich battery from in the UK?
     
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  11. Remal

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    I have gone for a ultra batt charger from DT. half the price of the Optimate and just as good. It's only needs to be used once a month so not like the optimate where you keep it on. but as the Lithium battery does not discharge half as quick as a standard battery it's more than enough
     
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  12. Pete1987

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    Ok maybe this will be my last question.

    How would I cross reference the battery used in my abs blade to one of those batteries?
     
    #12 Pete1987, Mar 19, 2013
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    Has anyone any experience of buying from this place in the link ?

    SkyrichBattery

    Only ask as the website is just a simple one pager with no really info. Probably being over paranoid but in this day and age when we hand money over electroncially to a trader rather than an established shop you do not know who you are dealing with and their reuptation unfortunately.
     
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  14. JM1

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    No, I bought my Skyrich from Cardiff Motorcycles via ebay.
     
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    All batteries have a code (eg, YTZ7S) - you just match the codes.
     
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  16. Pete1987

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    Well, i decided to not bother going lithium in the end. I got a MotoBat one with a higher torque crank for £35 from Wemoto.
    With road tax, bike service and holiday to pay for this month its had to take a back seat and maybe a future mod.
    Thanks for all the advice though everyone!
     
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  17. arthurbikemad

    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    For others here are the FAQ's on LiPO batts that I use :)

    Shido Batteries
     
    #17 arthurbikemad, Mar 28, 2013
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    arthurbikemad A very helpful Gent

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    Good link mate!

    I get lots of Q's re LiPO batts on storage and charging... They do need propper care, most important thing is the VOLTS, if a charging runs up to around 15V then you have a problem with LiPO batts, some advice is you can use a normal charger but thats not always the case, pays to read up :)
     
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  20. JM1

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    Agreed! Although there is some extremely boring stuff on that site :)
     
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