alarm battery

[drewpy]

well I've given up on the alarm battery. the 2nd one went today. It didn't leave me stranded but I couldn't go out to play today and that makes me MAD

anyway after hours of searching I came across 2 US sites;

motydesign and Ballistic EVO2 50 4-Cell Lithium Battery

http://www.motydesign.com/product.php?batteries=4-cell-battery

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320960389162?item=320960389162&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

I went for the Ballistic as its orange and suits the tracker colours

both will fit inside the seat area and the motydesign one would prob be easier to fit, but who said anything about looks being easy?

I got a meet coming up in 3 weeks, lets hope it arrives before then

 

[Lou Ranger]

... I went for the Ballistic as its orange and suits the tracker colours
both will fit inside the seat area and the motydesign one would prob be easier to fit, but who said anything about looks being easy?
I got a meet coming up in 3 weeks, lets hope it arrives before then

I am alarmed. Are you sure you don't have a wee bit of Scotch in your blood? Could it be that the orange battery is nearly 50% cheaper? That would do it for me all things being equal.

You may want to consider the battery I have. Apparently one can boil it dry until it's completely dead and then just add water and it's fine again.
When I was trying to figure out why/how that is possible and what I need to do to prevent being stuck again, I ran across an interesting site with lots of battery info on it - such as gell batteries and alarm batteries are no good for starting bikes and if the bikes don't kill them, owners using the wrong chargers might. I take their conclusions with a grain of salt since they their presentations are done in such a manner as to make their battery products attractive.
Nonetheless, the basic info is very comprehensive and sound, and might be of interest to those of us struggling with batteries.

http://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-basics.html
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[drewpy]

I ordered the Ballistic, just got to ensure it doesn't over charge more than 14.4 volts or its dead!

got electronic reg/rec so hopeful

 

[sly409]

how long did your 2 alarm batteries last drewpy?

 

[drewpy]

how long did your 2 alarm batteries last drewpy?

yuasa lasted 600 miles, motoma 100 miles = 2p a mile

 

[xschris]

This is what I have. It was $9 off ebay. Had it in mine yamaha razz last year for 1800miles and it has been in my tracker for 1500 miles this year and still works perfect It says on it it will cycle charge up to 15v. Maybe your battery is not getting enough air around it or the bike is over charging.

 

[drewpy]

i think the vibrations have got to the plates, and they are o the side rather than standing up which may have contributed.

new batt on the way, just tell your fellow Americans to hurry up and post the bloody thing