Posted by paul c on March 2, 2008, 10:45 am
I've been using a Ctek charger on some of my older scoots (250's and a
400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
battery before giving a maintenance charge. Brief searching hasn't yet
given me a clue why this might be so. Can anybody here comment?
Posted by The Older Gentleman on March 2, 2008, 10:52 am
> I've been using a Ctek charger on some of my older scoots (250's and a
> 400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
> BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
> risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
> battery before giving a maintenance charge. Brief searching hasn't yet
> given me a clue why this might be so. Can anybody here comment?
He's a fuckwit.
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Posted by .p.jm on March 2, 2008, 11:09 am
>I've been using a Ctek charger on some of my older scoots (250's and a
>400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
>BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
>risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
>battery before giving a maintenance charge. Brief searching hasn't yet
>given me a clue why this might be so. Can anybody here comment?
If any such thing were true, it would be prominently featured
in the owners manual, seeing as this would make that bike unique among
motor vehicles, and this would be a very important thing for the
company to make sure people knew, to avoid lawsuits.
So, get him to show it to you in the manual, or in an official
anything from a BMW dealer.
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Posted by Just Me on March 2, 2008, 11:45 am
> 400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
> BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
> risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
> battery before giving a maintenance charge.
Considering that the surge from disconnecting/reconnecting the battery is
likely MUCH more of a risk than using a low capacity charger while
everything is still connected...........I second the fuckwit motion. ;-)
Posted by The Older Gentleman on March 2, 2008, 12:26 pm
>
> > 400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
> > BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
> > risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
> > battery before giving a maintenance charge.
>
> Considering that the surge from disconnecting/reconnecting the battery is
> likely MUCH more of a risk than using a low capacity charger while
> everything is still connected...........I second the fuckwit motion. ;-)
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> 400), without disconnecting the battery cables. A friend with a newish
> BMW 1200 (beautiful bike) told me you can't do that on his bike without
> risking damage to several of the electronics, so he disconnects the
> battery before giving a maintenance charge. Brief searching hasn't yet
> given me a clue why this might be so. Can anybody here comment?