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The voltage regulator will keep the charging voltage below 15V.
Voltage always return to its source. The charging voltage just circulates through the battery- "recharging" it. |
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aha, thanks gasgas man. That explains it.
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I fitted a volt digital volt gauge to the bike and headed out yesterday with 15v in the battery.
I only used the kick starter all day and while running the fan the volts dropped. At 14v fan off to check for charging and nothing. I related this at 13.5 and 13v. At no point all the way to 12v did the dash show anything except full charge. At 12v there was some recharging but very low like an hour to bring up to 13v. Will call the dealer now |
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Dealer says it?s a 12v system and anything above 14v is overcharged and my expectation of the bike charging to 15v as sstated on the battery is unrealistic.
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The charge rate for a 12v system is anywhere between 13.5-15.5 volts. If you are at 14volts it is perfectly fine!
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After a heap of research today I?ve come to the same conclusion. I think I got caught up in the bike starts fine at 15v and not at under 14v that the batts not being charged above 14v. Research shows battery chemistry is LiFe and they would be 14.4v fully charged (assuming 4 cells). I have been charging to 15v with a LIPO charger set to 15v termination so very good chance I damaged the battery causing the problem.
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Today?s ride has confirmed it was a bad battery. The new battery was charged to 14.4 a couple days ago and by this morning was showing 13.6v. I used the kick for cold start and E start the rest of day. Battery had close to 13.5v every time I checked and started fine all day without issue.
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