battery charge

[john lynch]

i have a '94 gs that i dont use as much as i'd like to......hence the battery is going flat on me...... when this happens i slide the tank back and put the battery on charge for a few hours this has happened 3 times in the last month ...... there must be a better way........ this could be a silly question but is there a way of charging through the power point????? thanx!

 

[wessie]

get an Optimate and leave it connected all of the time

they do a lead that plugs into the accessory socket (at an additional charge) or you can hard wire the supplied leads to your battery as I did.

Hein Gericke stock them

If you want to adapt your existing charger to fit the accessory socket then I think that Hein Gericke sell the smaller BMW adapters that you could wire into your charger leads.

If you live in a rural area then John Deere tractor dealers sell adapters of the correct size apparently. I guess this may be a more practical option in Ireland!

 

[MikeO]

These are the part numbers someone posted a while ago for the John Deer plugs/sockets

Male Plug RE11344
Female Socket MG82002966 or AL25073

Mike

 

[AndyT]

Cheap Optimates

Cusworth Bikes are offering Optimates at £28 in this weeks MCN which is the cheapest I've ever seen them....£17 off normal price.

Tel 01302-814444

www.cusworths.co.uk

Note Website still shows them as £44-99 so I would phone em.

 

[David Price]

Is it OK to connect it via the accessory socket? Does it do the same job? Mine is connected directly to the battery at the moment

 

[littleredrooster]

Is it OK to connect it via the accessory socket?

Yup, straight in, nae bother! Make life easier for yourself.

 

[Keith Chapman]

get an Optimate and leave it connected all of the time

except when you take the GS out for a ride