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brp
9th February 2010, 16:41
Bit of a curly question without being able to see the battery - but here goes ...

Ripped the flat battery out of the Mrs new purchased 50 - Its a AERO 12V YT4L?E?S (? = can't make out the number or letter) has a rubber seal on top that says DO NOT OPEN and on the back it says DO NOT PULL OFF SEALED CAPS, with safety glasses pulled the long rubber cap off ;) and there's no acid covering the pots.

Is battery buggered or is this the set up of maintenance free batteries ? Want to bang it on the charger but thought would check first in case ended up frying it cause it actually needed some water added ?

CHAPLIN
9th February 2010, 19:25
Most modern motorcycle batteries use absorbed fibre cells- no you DO NOT fill them "to cover the plates" like old style batterys. I suggest recharging at 1 amp.

brp
10th February 2010, 12:16
Cheers Chaplin - that's good confirmation, only got a cheap warehouse charger that doesn't put out much - Perfect :)