jman1978 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 It's been a few weeks since i used my bike & my 'wonderful' spyball patriot alarm has drained the battery.Anyone know if it's going to have a fit if i take the battery off to charge it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 It may do. I don't know much if anything about Spyball alarms but if it's anything like my old Datatool one it'll have a backup battery for when the main battery goes dead. You could buy a battery optimiser (which you should have anyway ) and fit that to top your battery up. If the battery's totally, totally dead it will never hold a decent charge again, but the optimiser will go a long way to making things better for you.Good optimisers are the Optimate series (mine's an Optimate 3 but there's now an Optimiate 4) and the Oxford Oximiser. To get battery health back up again you could connect the optimiser overnight with crocodile clips (supplied) then in the morning fit the connectors to the battery so you can just plug it in with ease at the end of every ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1978 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 I can't get the bike close to mains power to be able run use an optimiser May just have to run the risk of annoying the neighbors for a bit if the alarm does go off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 go and get yourself a mains extension cable... fiver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 If you do need to set the thing off try covering it with a couple of folded tea towels first to deaden the noise. Otherwise you'll brick yourself (speaking from experience )! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1978 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 go and get yourself a mains extension cable... fiver! would need to bit a bit long, 2nd floor flat & bike park a few hundred meters from building :S If you do need to set the thing off try covering it with a couple of folded tea towels first to deaden the noise. Otherwise you'll brick yourself (speaking from experience )! oh i know, have done that by accident a few times, usually at about 6 in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 find an instruction manual for it online it should have a sleep mode so you can remove the battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1978 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 find an instruction manual for it online it should have a sleep mode so you can remove the battery Thanks, think i've found a guide to putting it in to service mode, will try that later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1978 Posted December 1, 2009 Author Share Posted December 1, 2009 well either putting it to service mode worked, or the back up batteries in the alarm were also flat, or it didn't react badly to having the battery ripped out.Battery is now recharged & bike is alive again :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Nice one I didn't think the service mode would work with the bike's battery flat - someone I know had their battery die and the alarm just would not respond until the main battery had been topped up again. After that it was fine!Glad you've got it all sussed now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Start it up and let it run for a bit each week. It'll top the battery and dry the exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Start it up and let it run for a bit each week. It'll top the battery and dry the exhaust. and cause condensation in the engine which forms lots of water in the oil not good it actaully takes about 15 mins of running at around 4000rpm to top a battery back up to its normal state of charge before you started it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 So "a bit" would be 15 mins then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 So "a bit" would be 15 mins then but then you have the same charge as before you started it also have the problem of not burning off all that water vapour in the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 So "a bit" would be 15 mins then but then you have the same charge as before you started it also have the problem of not burning off all that water vapour in the engine STU STU STU STU JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!sorry im bored Seriously though, if you can turn the lights off then surely letting it run would charge the battery? no? ..unless of course you cant turn them off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Seriously though, if you can turn the lights off then surely letting it run would charge the battery? no? ..unless of course you cant turn them off.. yes it would but like i say to get it to the charge it was at before starting the bike it would have to run for around 15 mins then the battery will start to get topped up plus you have the problem of not getting the engined warmed up properly and causing condensation in the engine which will mix with the oil and can do more harm then good best thing to do is leave it charge the battery either on an optimate or in this case turn the alarm in to sleep mode and remove battery and keep topping up but i wouldnt recommend this as it can kill a good battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin the Bear Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 And somebody might nick the bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1978 Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Most sensible solution is just to use the bike a bit more Which is what i plan to do, although this mornings damp foggy ride to work was a bit interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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