Can I use a standard battery charger on a murdercycle

[sbilbrey]

Title says it all - Stupid question - Can I use a standard battery charger on a bike battery?

Thanks,
Sammer

[BlueBird]

Title says it all - Stupid question - Can I use a standard battery charger on a bike battery?

Thanks,
Sammer


Hey, I think you'd be better off doing a search to see if this has already been anwered, then if not, posting this in the main board along with an intro. This forum is for questions and suggestions about how the main board runs.

[Voneville]

Title says it all - Stupid question - Can I use a standard battery charger on a bike battery?

Thanks,
Sammer

What she said, but the answer to your question is yes. A 12 volt battery charger will work on a 12 volt motorcycle battery. They also sell trickle chargers (low amperage batteries) that can maintain your battery during extended periods of non-op.

[maddog]

You should watch the voltage of the battery perferable with a digital volt meter.. As it gets full the voltage will go up. It should never ever go over 14.4 volts. At that point the battery will gas. Not too much of this will shorten the life of the battery or worste destroy it.

The word "automatic" should appear on the front of the charger somewhere or it WILL over charge. Industry standard is for this word to appear on the label. Not all chargers are automatic.

Even a trickle charger will over charge the battery, they just do it slower.

On a battery that has not been discharged or charged in roughly 2 hours is considered stabilized.

When mesuring stabilized voltage, the difference between a dead ( throw it away) and a fully charged battere is .8 volts.

12.8 is fully charged and 12.0 is garbage. There are some exceptions to this but this is the quick story.

Batteries dont die, there murdered.

[exmonkeypunk]

You should watch the voltage of the battery perferable with a digital volt meter.. As it gets full the voltage will go up. It should never ever go over 14.4 volts. At that point the battery will gas. Not too much of this will shorten the life of the battery or worste destroy it.

The word "automatic" should appear on the front of the charger somewhere or it WILL over charge. Industry standard is for this word to appear on the label. Not all chargers are automatic.

Even a trickle charger will over charge the battery, they just do it slower.

On a battery that has not been discharged or charged in roughly 2 hours is considered stabilized.

When mesuring stabilized voltage, the difference between a dead ( throw it away) and a fully charged battere is .8 volts.

12.8 is fully charged and 12.0 is garbage. There are some exceptions to this but this is the quick story.

Batteries dont die, there murdered.

damn dude, you used to work at a battery store didn't you? I work around Car batteries every day, and you just schooled me. I like the end quote. so true, so sad. I think you answered his question. and any other question anyone could ever have about any sort of battery ever made.lol. nice work.

[maddog]

Thanks. I feel smart.

This only applies to lead acid batteries. Most specificly wet cells.
gel cell batteries have a slightly higher max voltage, like 15 volts - check with the manufacurer.

[Abe_Lugo]

you also have to check the charging amps usually there are 2-4 settings 2.5,5, i forget the last one, you want to charge a mc batt on the lowest

[maddog]

you also have to check the charging amps usually there are 2-4 settings 2.5,5, i forget the last one, you want to charge a mc batt on the lowest

Yes, the only sorta safe thing to do with that kind of charger. If you have an amps setting, it is not automatic, it will , if left alone, overcharge the battery. ( on any setting )
The key is the voltage while charging. More amps will increase voltage. ( ohms law V=I x R )do a search, its easy to understand.

If voltage gets to 14.4 turn down the amps and watch the voltage drop. Thats exactly what automatic battery chargers do. They reduce the amps as the bat gets full. Sometimes they cycle on and off doing esentially the same thing.

batteries dont die there murdered. ( They do have a limited life no mater what you do)

[Voneville]

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[Ea$y]

I sacraficed some chrome and a nice aluminum rear brake caliper to learn this lesson! I spent the money and picked up a bike charger from the local chop shop..money well spent as far as im concerned.

[swinewerx]

Title says it all - Stupid question - Can I use a standard battery charger on a bike battery?

Thanks,
SammerHey, I wouldn't do that a regular car batt charg is much hotter than a one amp charger <trickle chrgr>take it from me i learned the hard way many batts in my time till i got it right

[BLACK13]

it should give you a charge and amp rate on the batt.......you can use a car charger just don't leave it on all night ....car ones are usually 10 amp chargers.........

[biker]

alot of car chargers have two settings...2amp and 6amp. go with the 2amp, and you`ll be good to go, if your charger has the option.