jconway607
JohnWC
I put a new PC 680 battery in my R1100RT in March of 2016, making it about 2 years old. I have a file four pages long of problems I seem to have been having with it back then, and talking to Odyssey, and then to charger companies. Odyssey blamed everything on the chargers. I bought a new, expensive charger, although it performed the same as the one that I replaced it with. (That's using a digital Fluke to measure everything.)
To summarize, this battery seems to be the most delicate thing I have ever encountered. As soon as I get off the bike, I have to hook it up to the charger. If I forget, and it sits for just a few days, the battery is so low that the ABS light sends the low battery signal. I then ride it for just a mile, the bike charges it up enough to re-set the lights. Yesterday, I had that happen, rode the bike 18 miles and let it sit for 6 hours, and again, low battery signal when I went to ride it. Even when it's fully charged the bike seems to crank a bit slow, like it's barely got enough juice to crank it. And, by the way, after riding, then plugging it in to the charger, within a minute, it reads "fully charged".
When the bike is sitting, the only thing draining the battery is the little digital clock display. This thing ought to hold a charge for a month at least with that kind of drain. Not two days.
Everyone raves about the Odyssey battery being great and tough as nails. Not this one. Is this normal for these batteries? Am I being unfair to the company? Doing something wrong? Can't think what it would be. At this rate, I am just a bit fed up with Odyssey and growing tired of babying it. When it's time to replace it, I think I'm going to go back to an old school lead acid system. They may actually work better. Any thoughts?
To summarize, this battery seems to be the most delicate thing I have ever encountered. As soon as I get off the bike, I have to hook it up to the charger. If I forget, and it sits for just a few days, the battery is so low that the ABS light sends the low battery signal. I then ride it for just a mile, the bike charges it up enough to re-set the lights. Yesterday, I had that happen, rode the bike 18 miles and let it sit for 6 hours, and again, low battery signal when I went to ride it. Even when it's fully charged the bike seems to crank a bit slow, like it's barely got enough juice to crank it. And, by the way, after riding, then plugging it in to the charger, within a minute, it reads "fully charged".
When the bike is sitting, the only thing draining the battery is the little digital clock display. This thing ought to hold a charge for a month at least with that kind of drain. Not two days.
Everyone raves about the Odyssey battery being great and tough as nails. Not this one. Is this normal for these batteries? Am I being unfair to the company? Doing something wrong? Can't think what it would be. At this rate, I am just a bit fed up with Odyssey and growing tired of babying it. When it's time to replace it, I think I'm going to go back to an old school lead acid system. They may actually work better. Any thoughts?