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by **deaf_rattle** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:14 pm

My orbital battery went flat and i have had it on charge for the last couple of days. The battery charger always shows charging and the "charged" light hasnt come on.

Tested battery with multi meter and i got 11.93volts

is this ok? or is my battery on its way out?

Website · by **Bling** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:41 pm

To know for sure i'd get it checked out. 11.93v is a bit low. But even if it read 12.5 it could be stuffed still.

by **sergei** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:47 pm

deaf_rattle wrote:My orbital battery went flat and i have had it on charge for the last couple of days. The battery charger always shows charging and the "charged" light hasnt come on.

Tested battery with multi meter and i got 11.93volts

is this ok? or is my battery on its way out?

Which colour is the orbital battery?
and what charger?

by **deaf_rattle** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:06 pm

battery is a fusion branded version of this
http://www.remybattery.com/Products/Exi ... 34XCD.aspx

charger is a arlec compact 2500
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 162348.htm

Website · by **Bling** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:12 pm

Just as a side note... its amazing what people will pay on trademe. That same charger is cheaper new @ Kmart :lol:

by **Alex B** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:23 pm

A multimeter wont tell you a whole lot about the battery's condition. Need to load test it, most battery shops will do it for nicks.

by **deaf_rattle** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:26 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Just as a side note... its amazing what people will pay on trademe. That same charger is cheaper new @ Kmart

yeah i didnt get it off trade me, think i bought it from mitre10 for next to nothing.

I have a load tester, but didnt want to load test it until it was properly charged.

by **evil_si** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:50 pm

sounds like the battery needs a good wakeup, using a decent high amp, high power charger,

by **matt dunn** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:39 pm

11.93 volts tells me your voltmeter or charger are faulty.

by **Prymal** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:40 pm

try to get your hands on a ctek charger - multi 7000 if possible

This is what i use to charge my oddyessy gel cell ..

the charger seems a bit weak , and may have issues cycling up a deep cycle battery like the one you have

by **deaf_rattle** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:42 pm

classique71 wrote:try to get your hands on a ctek charger - multi 7000 if possible

This is what i use to charge my oddyessy gel cell ..

the charger seems a bit weak , and may have issues cycling up a deep cycle battery like the one you have

yeah thats true, i might have to put it into a car and take it for a drive.

by **B1NZ** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:00 pm

BZG|Bling wrote:Just as a side note... its amazing what people will pay on trademe. That same charger is cheaper new @ Kmart

how muchy at k-mart?

by **matt dunn** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:26 pm

deaf_rattle wrote:
yeah thats true, i might have to put it into a car and take it for a drive.

On a side note, the new calcium batteries wont charge form the car if they get flat enough,

if you leave the lights on and flatten it, jump start it and drive the length of NZ, it wont be charged.
That is causing a lot of issue's.

by **sergei** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:21 am

I have the same charger and couple of orbital batteries (yellow top and red top), that charger will take forever to charge those batteries, best bet is to connect the battery to a running car with jumper leads (15 min perhaps), as the charger will only supply barely 2A. The charger is designed for shitty 25Ah batteries (NS40 and such), spiral cell batteries are a lot different in characteristics.

by **GTCRSHR** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:26 am

take it to "Battery Centre" i think they are called they will chuck it on a decent charger ,

Website · by **Bling** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:39 am

B1NZ wrote:
BZG|Bling wrote:Just as a side note... its amazing what people will pay on trademe. That same charger is cheaper new @ Kmart

how muchy at k-mart?

$19.99 last time I checked

by **NZ_AE86** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:48 pm

matt dunn wrote:
On a side note, the new calcium batteries wont charge form the car if they get flat enough,

if you leave the lights on and flatten it, jump start it and drive the length of NZ, it wont be charged.
That is causing a lot of issue's.

This is driving me crazy at the moment! I need a t-shirt with this info so I don't need to tell every customer the same story that they then don't agree with!

How much does your orbital battery weigh? If it is underweight then it is throw away time as it will never hold a charge properly.

by **jondee86** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:22 pm

matt dunn wrote:On a side note, the new calcium batteries won't charge from the car if they
get flat enough. If you leave the lights on and flatten it, jump start it and
drive the length of NZ, it wont be charged. That is causing a lot of issue's.

Sooooo...... how do you charge them then ??

Cheers... jondee86

by **matt dunn** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:14 pm

jondee86 wrote:Sooooo...... how do you charge them then ??

Cheers... jondee86

We had to buy special battery chargers to do them.

They need to be removed from the vehicle and charged with a calcium charger at a much higher voltage than a normal car alternator puts out.

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