One thing I didn’t mention last time is that my Mom fell and broke her hip 2 days before Halloween. She was in the hospital at the time and since they had really restricted visiting hours thanks to the Chy-Na virus it didn’t really affect my home time.
She came home about a week ago though, so I’ve been her live-in caretaker since, which means no time at home or to work on bikes. So… last Sunday I had a little break and decided to bring my SM over here to work on. Guess what? Dead battery. Tried the SWM – same thing. Beta XTrainer? THREE dead batteries (plus the E being down).
Luckily I have a 12 volt charger that will go as low as 2 amps charging current. Plugged it in and the meter was registering 3 amps, which is overcharging according to the print on the side of the battery. well, i didn’t really have a choice so i let it go for an hour. thankfully, no exploding battery (it didn’t even get warm) so I took it home and put it back in the bike and now the SM is back on the road. Whew…
I ordered a battery charger/tender that’s designed for motorcycle batteries and hooked up the SWM battery last night. Really weird thing is it was acting almost completely dead, but it only took about 90 minutes to reach full charge. According to the instructions that came with the charger, it should have taken more like 3 or 4 hours. idk… will put it in tomorrow and we’ll see. The XTrainer will have to wait until next week, and due to my Mom’s health issues, it will probably be awhile before I can dig into the 400E and figure out what’s wrong with it.