Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:07:18 +0100 - Message No. 4712
From: "Peter Bodefjord"

Subject: SV: DEAD BATTERIES!!


Hi Ned!
I haven´t encountered your problem before but it shure sounds like your
regulator is broken which leads to overloading of the battery and causes the
acid to boil away.
This would be the awful smell, boiling battery-acid smells a lot and not
very good.
Hope you solve it and keep riding.
"Gravel builds better bodies"
Peter in Sweden


-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Från: Ned & Janet Hourani 
Till: xrv@atic.org 
Datum: den 13 januari 1999 16:33
Ämne: (XRV) DEAD BATTERIES!!


>Dear ATIC's,
>My name is Ned and I'm Atic #359.
>I've always enjoyed the various topics that are discussed on our website
>and I've likewise appreciated all the information that you all had to
offer.
>I'd like to start out thanking Marco Kost for the excellent work on the
>accessories site, I've been to it many times and am amazed with your work
>and dedication.
>Now for my problem, I'm the proud owner of a '92 RD04, and it runs like a
>charm,
>however a few weeks ago I noticed a horrible smell from the right side of
>the bike. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that one of the six plugs for
>my battery cells was missing and that all the battery solution had
>evaporated/spilled.
>A week prior to this, when cleaning my bike, I checked the battery and the
>level was full. My battery was DEAD and I had to replace it with another.
>To prevent the plugs from loosening/ faaling off due to the vibrations, I
>taped them with electrical tape. All went well for TWO weeks and then
>today, that horrible smell was back, I removed the right side fairing and
>noticed some black spots on the inside of the fairing where the battery is,
>however there was no spots/oil drops anywhere on the bike. My electrical
>tape was still covering the plugs but all my battery solution had been
>drained and I fear that this new battery is like its predecessor, DEAD. The
>last new battery that I had bought had the POSITIVE on the right side as
>opposed to it being on the left side on the AT, so I connected my battery
>properly but put it facing inward. I don't think that would've caused the
>problem I'm experiencing, also this past Christmas, a couple friends on
>mine had given me a battery connection to go with my HJC chatterbox, and I
>followed the instruction enclosed when connecting it to the battery and it
>has worked properly.
>I've called a friend of mine who is a great mechanic and describing to him
>what I had just written to you, he seemed to think that it is the
>REGULATOR, however he needs to first test it using his equipments which
>I'll be doing tomorrow, he fears that I may have to buy a new battery.
>1) Has anyone ever experienced such lousy luck as I seem to be?
>2) What was the problem/solution?
>3) Does having an HJC chatterbox connected to the battery terminal
>neccessitate    a higher AMP for the battery than the recommended 12V 14A?
> I appreciate all your help/advice in advance and do hope to hear from you
>super soon.
>SAFE RIDING TO ALL and GOD BLESS YOU ALL,
>Ned.
>




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