Honda C65 - Battery: Servicing During Use; Battery Charging Procedure; Battery Troubleshooting and Preventative Maintenance

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si gnal lamps w ill discharge a fully char ged bQttery with in 40 - - ·=
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' -e-e e· ·-e vent pi pe is removed during recharging, it must be reconnected w hen the bo-e-
Co:e s-:J Ia be ex cersized not to restrict the opening (Fig . 5.19).
5. BA TIERY CHARGING PROCEDURE
The instructions for normal and rapid charging ore of follows :
Normal charge Rapid charge
Connection
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0 0
f------- Charger
Some as left
8<B
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Batter y
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Connect the
charger EB
to the battery 8
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e
When charging t wo or
more batteries at a
time,
per form the charging in series.
Charging current role
0. 2A
0.6- l.OA
Checking for
(1)
Specific gra v ity :
1
.260-1.280
Ill
Specific gravity:
1 .260-1 .2 80
full cha rg e
(20°C : 68 ° Fl maintained constant
maintained
!20 ° C: 68°Fl
(2)
Voltage:
Battery attains and maintain
(2)
Vo l tage: When
Iorge volume
a
voltage over 7.5V when of gas is emitted fr om the bot-
charged at 0.2A
tery
(in
about
2-3
hours for
The
battery is
fully
charged when
the
fully discharged battery!, reduce
above condition is obtained. During
the
charging rote to 0.2A.
final phose of char ging,
Iorge volume of Battery is fully charged w hen a
gas
will be emitted. vo lt age of 7.5V is maintained
Charging duration
By this method, a fully discharged battery By thiS method ,
0
fully d ischarged
will
be fully charged in approximately
battery
will be
fully
charg ed
in
12-13 hours.
approximately 3-4 ho ur s.
Remarks
(1)
When the charging is urgent, quick charging method may be used, however,
the recommended charging cu rr ent rote should be under 2A.
!21 If the charger is equipped wi th a timer, the specified method shou ld be fo ll owed.
(3)
The rapid charge method above refers to battery charging
charger.
6. TROUBLE SHOOTING AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
The battery is being recharged all the while the
engine is running. Further,
while running, th e load such
as
the use of the turn signal lamps horn are placed on
the battery (discharged!, as the result, the battery is
qe ing discharged at the same time it is being re-
charged. In the long run, the discharge and the
recharge is in balance. The system has been designed
in this manner. Under certain condi tion when the
balance is upset, then trou ble develops.
To obtain maximum life from the battery, it is
necessary to locale this trouble and toke the appro-
priate action early. ,
The trouble to the battery are mainly ex te rnal
such as
cracked case, broken terminal. disconnected
lead wire . The battery condition, trouble, corrective
action ore shown in the following table.
figure 5 -20 . S ul' o· · o-
wi th
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