Max volts the charging system can take?
Hi All,
Thought I would post this here since it has the most traffic. I have pretty much smoked another battery trying to start my Apollo 250 with what I thought was just a dirty carb but really turned out to be a faulty CDI. This was a relatively expensive Kenitik lithium battery. This may be a stupid question so please bare with me with since my knowledge on motorcycle electrical is lacking. Could I theoretically use one of my Dewalt 20v 5ah packs as the battery with out smoking the whole thing? Electrical components can typically take more than the rated volts but I am unsure here. I have seen these packs used to jump start cars. |
short answer is no... theres too much voltage for the system, and i highly doubt that the pack have the amperage to reliably crank the motor... i would be afraid of smoking both the cdi, and the battery pack...
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Not a good idea but at least you were smart enough to ask. ;) No question is a dumb question.
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Thanks gentlemen!
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You can diasy chain a car battery to the bike battery with jumpers to boost the starting amps. Just don't have the car running. I had to do that with my Hawk when my firat battery took a crap.
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Does the hawk not have a kickstarter for moments like this?
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In truth, I have had way better luck bump starting a dead Hawk than kick starting one. |
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I am your average guy goes to the gym etc. and this thing tries to take off my leg off every time I give a go, probably due to the no compression release. Even the starter struggles once it gets to the compression stroke, to the point I have to let off the and retry or it will just stall and fry something. That's how I fried my first battery! |
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Yeah except it has always behaved this way even with brand new batterys.
Not sure why, I went as far as to upgrade the cable to the stater with 10 gauge and got a new solenoid. There was no change. |
my battery was dead for 8 months. kick started every day no problem.
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10 is a bit light for the starter application, its rated for up to 85a for under 4ft runs, if i were doing a battery cable on my bike, i would go 8ga minimum, probably 6, given i have easy access to all sizes of wire working at a small engine shop ( i have several feet of 4-8ga in my tool box...LOL)
8 ga would bump you up to 150a handling... that may well be the issue right there, along with double checking your grounds are good and clean, and TIGHT on all cables.... |
as others have mentioned make sure your connections and your ground cable are good ....the stock ones are so so often.... and I also found on my TBR seven the stock battery was hardly sufficient so I purchased a new one
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