Battery Problems

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silverdale · #1 Post by **silverdale** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:43 am

I have an 02 dale I bought it new and with in the last two years I have put two battery's in it.

They were both the correct battery and maintence free. Each time I replace the battery it runs great for about a year then the problems start. The battery is dead and will not turn over I charge it and it runs fine for a couple of months and is dead again. The charger I have is well with-in the charging limits 750ma for 5~10 hrs. On both battery's I noticed that they have both gone dry this is not normal. Should I ignore the maintence free and check and fill on a reguler basis? Or is there some other root cause. Please help, I really like my dale but if this continues and I can not fix the problem I'm afraid I will have to trade for new quad

Speed 1B · #2 Post by **Speed 1B** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:25 am

I upgraded to the 12. Some say its not neccessary, but its some extra juice when you need it.

cannondale27 · #3 Post by **cannondale27** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:29 am

Are you putting it on a battery charger?If so you MUST check fluid level since it will boil it out especially if using a higher amperage charger.Get one with a float mode.Other possibility is your quad is putting out too much current but I doubt that.

Easy E · #4 Post by **Easy E** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:25 pm

It's possible your bike is over charging the battery. Check your bike while the motor is running to see what voltage is hitting your battery. Perhaps just a bad voltage regulator if this is the case. Check at idle and high RPM.

silverdale · #5 Post by **silverdale** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:28 pm

The voltage is about 14v to 14.5 at idle and at speed

cannondale27 · #6 Post by **cannondale27** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:45 pm

Thats perfect.Nothing wrong there.