Yes it was on the way our got it tested at Battery World and although fully charged - was fully charged but Rated to 300SAE but Measured 231SAE - what ever that means? so in summary state of health 77% but was charged to 100%
In summary has to go back to Motobatt distributor who are in Victoria to be tested - and might be a warranty - as its only 10 month's old (purchased Nov 8th 2012).
Davey
Good call rang this afternoon - v good prices better than on the web, better still office is five mins down the road! You might be in the running for beer tokens...
Davey_sprockeT wrote:ewen,
these come highly recommended and are very competitive....
I put a Shorai Li - ion battery in my GSA .
So far I have been very happy with it. It is so light you think it can't possibly be equivalent to the heavy normal batteries, but it out performs and apparently out lasts these batteries. Only drawback is they can't be trickle charged with a normal lead acid charger. They make a large range and the US military and aviation manufacturers are using them.
F800GS Battery Update- Motobatt tested the battery and it was defective - new replacement provided no questions even delivered by their local rep
DirtBoy12 wrote:Bill
Well its pretty new battery (10 months old Motobatt) doubt its that, however:
Left it on change for a few days the smart charger said it was full? couple of starts later and it went click again, leads me to think its the battery.
Batteryworld in South St said they would test it under load to see the real story. Bought from slipstream performance who were not overly helpful when I rang up said it had to be sent back to the distributors in Victoria...
Moral of the story - buy local, support a local supplier, to help ensure they stay in business and get good service, especially warranty
Bill gets the beer tokens ...
bill9117 wrote:Battery may be on the way out, it can be fully charged but not holding the charge that you have given it or the plates have shorted out. The click is a bit of a give away to the battery probably needing replacing. This happened to my GSA . Replaced it with a new battery ( lithium ion) and no more problems.
Bill
