The XS has a charging issue which I'm now working on. Each time i fired up the bike it would draw down the battery so I was keeping it topped up on the trickle (1.5 amp) charger. I've toped it 3 times since Sunday and after only 4 or 5 hours it would register high 13s each time
Last night the battery was too low to spark the bike so I put it on charge over night. This morning ( 12 hours later) I check voltage and it is only 11.6 volts. With charger still plugged in I test it at the clips and get 11.6 volts. I have a spare brand new charger, plug that in and get same results.
I have left the charger on and now 2.5 hours later the voltage across the poles with charger still attached is 13.25 volts. With charger removed the battery show only 11.8 volts.
I'm running a parallel test with the other charger on the old XS battery and it has run up from 12.3 volts to 13.3 in the same period ( i.e with charger disconnected).
Two questions:
a) Can I assume the new battery likely has a bad cell?
b) Shouldn't the trickle chargers register 12v or better at the clips when not attached to the battery? I moved the chargers to different outlets and get the same 11.6 volts. The household voltage show 119volts at the outlets.
This electical stuff gets confusing.
Any and all help appreciated.
Cheers,
Spyug.
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