In preparation for the coming
riding season I fitted a new battery to the FJ. The old one had packed it in
and it's important to have a good battery because it's quite small to
spin a big engine and you really don't want to have to enlist strangers to give
you a bump start (it's happened)
The FJ has a sealed maintenance
free battery. These batteries come "dry" and are filled from an acid
pack. After a couple of hours the battery charges itself.
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The battery
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| Acid pack |
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The cells have foil caps
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| The pack is pressed onto the
battery and this breaks the seals |
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| They even supply a pin to
puncture the cells to allow them to drain |
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| Once filled a cover is fitted to
the battery |
I got my battery from
batterybayuk on eBay - a good price & fast delivery
Strangely enough, http://mike-thistledown.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/more-electrickery.html
ReplyDeleteWas gonna say..deja vu...just over at
ReplyDeleteMike's blog...reading about batteries. I like the nifty method of filling the cels with acid...sure beats the pour into each cel individually method...