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[bulk] [dsn_klr650] ride weather????? (non bike)
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:12 am
by greg coyle
Yea, ditto that here in central New Mexico...
woke up to 0 D this am but it's 'already' 25 by 9am.
Usually I get a ride in every week but not this winter
and sure won't today or for the next predicted 4 or 5 days...
well at least it gives me time to catch up on email
and planning for doing my do
cheers
gregc
socorro, nm
On 1/12/2013 9:48 AM, Desert Datsuns wrote:
> Yeh, it's been unusually cold and weird here in Phoenix the past month
> or so. Lots of overcast wintery days, that would be normal for many
> places, but very odd for us. Today it's only supposed to be 48, with a
> low of 28. Every time I want to take the bike out we get one of these
> odd winter days....I've only ridden my new (to me) KLR once since I
> bought it a week or so before Christmas.
> Ryan
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> mark ward wrote:
>>
>>
>> Tucson AZ 25d
>>
>> Sandiego CA 45 39 tonight
>>
>> Las vegas 28d 21 tonight
>>
>> Note SOUTHERN WARM areas.....usualy
>>
>> Lansing MICHIGAN (KNOWN AS WINTER WONDERLAND) 6:30 am 51d. over 61 today?
>>
>> I would say "Global warming" but I'm sure the whole SOUTH WEST would
>> disagree.
>>
>> 61 in GR GREAT RIDE weather, and already comitted to take grandkids to
>> the Museum's for the day. (feels like 75, since we are used to slipping
>> on ICE just 2-3 days ago.
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more on the battery chart
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:49 pm
by Lee Dodge
Some comments on the comments:
Mark Ward proposes the following:
Instead of "voltage to %charge" should be possibly be "fully charged voltage
to % of rated capacity" .
That doesn't make sense to me.
Here's how to interpret the chart, If you have a "fully charges lead acid
battery the voltage across the terminals under a static, no-load, not charging
situation the voltage will be 12.63.
If the reading is 12.18vdc the battery has only a 50% charge meaning, in
practical terms, there is only 50% of the energy available for work that a
fully charged battery would provide.
IF the battery is being charged, by any means, the voltage now seen between the
terminals will indicate one of the following:
1. If the charging system is delivering enough voltage to charge a 12 v
battery i.e 13.8 at a minimum. or . .
2. the rate at which the charging is progressing. As an example, at the 13.8
charging voltage the time required to fully charge a battery might be 10 hours
However if the charging voltage is 14.5 the same battery may fully charge in 4
hours. Please remember,this is an example, your mileage may vary.
RE:Ron Harasch's note on the LED voltage indicator- I have them on 4 bikes and
I'd recommend them-especially on bikes with less-than-generous charging systems,
like the KLR or the DRZ 400's XR 400S and so on.
(If I was Fred I'd stock them and recommend my customers "Get one and learn how
to read it")
Lee
Hopefully we're near the end of this thread
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more on the battery chart
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:25 pm
by mark ward
Hey
1. I do NOT remember making any such coments about that.
Mine was about a bypass switch etc.
2.FRED!!!!! I agree with the stocking issue, I'm about to buy 2or3.
several other companies charge ALOT more then $1785 (+$2.40 shipping from the UK.) listed on Ebay.
I do not remember if Johns changed brightness from day to night, But it sure was nice to know what was happening. AND NEEDED A FEW TIMES.
but I like that alot also about this unit. (they have smaller or larger ones. 5mm or 8mm led lens, 8 is 1mm total showing on dash etc.)
I had to get a push this fall do to drained battery, (GPS Heated grips AND Gerbing coat liner)
--- On Sun, 1/13/13, Lee Dodge wrote:
From: Lee Dodge
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] More on the battery chart
To: "KLR650 List" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 6:49 PM
Some comments on the comments:
Mark Ward proposes the following:
Instead of "voltage to %charge" should be possibly be "fully charged voltage
to % of rated capacity" .
That doesn't make sense to me.
Here's how to interpret the chart, If you have a "fully charges lead acid
battery the voltage across the terminals under a static, no-load, not charging
situation the voltage will be 12.63.
If the reading is 12.18vdc the battery has only a 50% charge meaning, in
practical terms, there is only 50% of the energy available for work that a
fully charged battery would provide.
IF the battery is being charged, by any means, the voltage now seen between the
terminals will indicate one of the following:
1. If the charging system is delivering enough voltage to charge a 12 v
battery i.e 13.8 at a minimum. or . .
2. the rate at which the charging is progressing. As an example, at the 13.8
charging voltage the time required to fully charge a battery might be 10 hours
However if the charging voltage is 14.5 the same battery may fully charge in 4
hours. Please remember,this is an example, your mileage may vary.
RE:Ron Harasch's note on the LED voltage indicator- I have them on 4 bikes and
I'd recommend them-especially on bikes with less-than-generous charging systems,
like the KLR or the DRZ 400's XR 400S and so on.
(If I was Fred I'd stock them and recommend my customers "Get one and learn how
to read it")
Lee
Hopefully we're near the end of this thread
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more on the battery chart
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:52 pm
by Lee Dodge
Mark, they do not change brightness unfortunately. There is another
disappointment with them and with which I live and that is they glow
green(charging) at 13.2 V and they WAIT to go to flashing Red'Green at over 15
V.
I've tried to contact the one vendor with whom I've bought them to encourage him
to recalibrate the voltage triggers to the correct 13.8 and 14.6 V. So far not
getting through but still trying. I'd welcome anyone else to try contacting a
vendor-I think there are several (probably all coming out of China)
I live with the errors since I can't change them but I also know where my KLR's
voltage regulator is set even if the triggers are lighting up too early or too
late
________________________________
From: mark ward
To: KLR650 List DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>; Lee Dodge
Sent: Sun, January 13, 2013 1:25:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] More on the battery chart
Hey
1. I do NOT remember making any such coments about that.
Mine was about a bypass switch etc.
2.FRED!!!!! I agree with the stocking issue, I'm about to buy 2or3.
several other companies charge ALOT more then $1785 (+$2.40 shipping from the
UK.) listed on Ebay.
I do not remember if Johns changed brightness from day to night, But it sure was
nice to know what was happening. AND NEEDED A FEW TIMES.
but I like that alot also about this unit. (they have smaller or larger ones.
5mm or 8mm led lens, 8 is 1mm total showing on dash etc.)
I had to get a push this fall do to drained battery, (GPS Heated grips AND
Gerbing coat liner)
--- On Sun, 1/13/13, Lee Dodge wrote:
>From: Lee Dodge
>Subject: [DSN_KLR650] More on the battery chart
>To: "KLR650 List" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>
>Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 6:49 PM
>
>
>
>Some comments on the comments:
>
>Mark Ward proposes the following:
>Instead of "voltage to %charge" should be possibly be "fully charged voltage
>to % of rated capacity" .
>That doesn't make sense to me.
>
>Here's how to interpret the chart, If you have a "fully charges lead acid
>battery the voltage across the terminals under a static, no-load, not charging
>situation the voltage will be 12.63.
>If the reading is 12.18vdc the battery has only a 50% charge meaning, in
>practical terms, there is only 50% of the energy available for work that a
>fully charged battery would provide.
>
>IF the battery is being charged, by any means, the voltage now seen between the
>terminals will indicate one of the following:
>1. If the charging system is delivering enough voltage to charge a 12 v
>battery i.e 13.8 at a minimum. or . .
>
>2. the rate at which the charging is progressing. As an example, at the 13.8
>charging voltage the time required to fully charge a battery might be 10 hours
>However if the charging voltage is 14.5 the same battery may fully charge in 4
>hours. Please remember,this is an example, your mileage may vary.
>
>RE:Ron Harasch's note on the LED voltage indicator- I have them on 4 bikes and
>I'd recommend them-especially on bikes with less-than-generous charging systems,
>
>like the KLR or the DRZ 400's XR 400S and so on.
>
>(If I was Fred I'd stock them and recommend my customers "Get one and learn how
>to read it")
>
>Lee
>Hopefully we're near the end of this thread
>
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