Voltage should be measured under load to determine if the battery is "good" or not. As Graham said, he had a battery that measured 13V, but couldn't start his bike. I'd be willing to bet that the voltage dropped to almost nothing when he tried to turn the bike over.
Vig. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]>wrote: > mmm, I'm not sure. Most of the good batteries I have in bikes, NHs and > others are more than 12.4 at rest, some close to 13, some at 5.65. One > that couldn't turn over my VMax was over 13v at rest. I replaced it with a > new battery that measured 12.8 v at rest and works fine. Under about 12.3 > they begin to sulphate I understand which leads to a dead battery, Graham > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
