concours
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Right?!I'd say you owe me a box o' beer buddy.
Lol
He was so confused, shocked...
He barely said thanks.
No worries, it was only Natty Light back then.
Right?!I'd say you owe me a box o' beer buddy.
Moral of the story don't run volicity stack without air filters and a leaking fuel tap, well I never ran VS after that, new K&N filter fitted straight away, but the worst bit a week after fixing it up my Boyar black box pooped itself from the fire 100 miles from home, to this day I still ride without my tank bolted down.
Ashley
The rectifier was not the problem ,it only converts ac to dc ,more likely the zener diode was either not fitted correctly or had gone open circuit .How accurate is the voltmeter +/- % ?Hello,
I had the very same experience with my Commando. But I caught mine at a crossing directly at an emerge of the Autobahn. The thing was smoking like hell. I burned my hand trying to disassemble the batterie.
Anyway, the first thing I did after installing a new batterie, I also installed a volt- meter. After starting the bike I was surprised seeing up to 16 and more volts on the meter. So I threw away the cheap rectifier and changed that to a Podtronics. Now my volt- meter shows me 14.5 Volts max. Which even for a Lithium batterie is ok. I think that this is the point.
Best Regards
Klaus
Were any of these batteries that exploded Shorai brand?
These stories scare me as I have a complete new 3-phase system and everything charging correctly and do not even what to think about a fire
Try out complete," left in ditch blowing smoke from small hole"
Glen
See post #2
They are lighter yet once burned and melted down a bit!
Was going to ask the same question, because those Shorai are not Lithium Ion but Lithium Iron..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner_battery_problemsLi Po's on model aircraft are notorious for ' flame outs ' chargeing or in impacts .
Dunno if the let them onto airliners for that reason .
In short : lithium batteries on old british bikes are a solution in search of a problem.
Just my 2cents worth of course.