simbo wrote: Oxford Oximiser. You can usually pick them up on sale for about £20 ish, no fancy bullshit but they keep your battery charged.
Until they go tits up like mine did and killed the battery because they are cheaply made
simbo wrote: Oxford Oximiser. You can usually pick them up on sale for about £20 ish, no fancy bullshit but they keep your battery charged.
sakm wrote:
Until they go tits up like mine did and killed the battery because they are cheaply made
simbo wrote:
There's plenty of horror stories on the Internet about Optimate's going tits up too. I've got both and I've never had a problem with either.
But I don't because it's not gone tits up yet.David. wrote:If I had to replace my 17 year old Datatool charger.
David. wrote: This Accumate battery charger looks remarkably similar to the Datatool version I've got.
AccuMate 6 / 12V Battery Charger / Optimiser | FREE UK DELIVERY | Flexible Ways To Pay | M&P (mandp.co.uk)
sakm wrote:This is my Optimate III SP.
David. wrote:
Wow, that looks pretty old school, how long have you had it.
Tecmate the manufacturer of your battery charger make both Optimate and Accumate, About OptiMate UK — OptiMate UKsakm wrote:Makes you wonder if they are all the same and rebranded or all the same company at one point.
Well, that's a thumbs up for good old quality products, none of this modern crap with fancy electronics, unnecessary.sakm wrote:Easily 15 years maybe 17, so about the same as yours.
David. wrote: Tecmate the manufacturer of your battery charger make both Optimate and Accumate, About OptiMate UK — OptiMate UK
As a "rule of thumb", the max. charging rate (Amps) output from the battery charger should not be more than 10% of the battery's Ah rating. In the case of this particular battery, that would be a max. of 1.6A output from the charger. (My Datatool charger max. output is 1.2A and it's used on the XJ650 12Ah battery).hammo wrote:Can you use any battery charger on your motorcycle.
That would depend on the state of discharge (voltage) of the battery and the type of charger being used. The BMW advice is to remove the battery from the bike or use one of their chargers via the on-board socket. An alternative, as already posted is to use an Optimate 4 Can Bus edition via the on-board socket. These chargers and method of charging have built-in (voltage) protection for the electrics on the bike.hammo wrote:Can I charge it in place on my 2019 RTLE or because of all the bells and electrics these days does it have to be removed from the bike.