- Location
- TN
Got it on the Tender now!
Best Li-Fe battery I have seen so far
- Thread starter CARBONX2
- Start date
- Location
- Largo, Fl
Those are very good, but not idiot proof. Don't leave it connected for extended periods (days/weeks/months on end). It is better to top it off when you put your ski away for a while and then periodically top it off (once a month).
My guess is your bilge switch or something else is leaking current. It'll be intermitent and head to diagnose but that's how I completely destroyed my battery so be careful.
This sounds more like battery cables, grounds, or starter solenoid to me. A bigger battery would be able to brute force through all the resistance but a real problem would should show up with these batteries.
- Location
- TN
Will check it out in morning at work. They gonna put it on the tender at 6am in morn. So we will see how tom goes. Had it on four hrs today and nare a green light. Of course I should have had tender from day one. More results tom
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D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
i agree, when its green unhook it and save some electricity. i think they actually will slowly drain the battery so it does not eat itself while in storage not being discharged. but not 100 percent. usually if i would leave it on my deka for a week and then disconnect and reconnect it would go to blink mode 80 percent and take 5-10 min to bring it up. the li-fi batteries don't need this and store well without drain.
I bought my shorai from a bike shop that races a full out hyabusa drag bike, they use a shorai for 2 seasons now he said and this generation aswell as mine dont have the special 5 pin charger. they have always used the tender so iam confident that this is THE way to keep these batteries working top notch.
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
mine has been awesome, but then again, so is my ski.
- Location
- Saskatoon,SK
I dont leave the Tender on my ski's cause I leave the skis at the lake and bring the batt's home, but on my streetbikes I leave them on all winter long (battery in bike in cold shed 4-5 months). It always reach's -40celcious during our winters (Fkn cold in US terms) and I havent replaced a battery since 2003, I swear by those things!! Especially with the crappy small KTM battery's supplied!
spork
down with the sickness
- Location
- Indianapolis Indiana
Ok I found my drain. The port on the battery that has the rubber plug had not kept water out. I had tons of problems with the battery yesterday so I pulled it out at the lake and charged it off truck/jumpers, but when I had it charging I opened that port to make sure it was dry and it was not. Also was corroding already so I brushed it out with a toothbrush and dried it out then filled with dielectric grease then sealed with glue. Charged it off my truck for 30 minutes and it acted perfectly after that point. So my advice to anyone with a Shorai is to fill that port with dielectric grease and seal it off before something like this happens.
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
haha, that was the first thing i did with my shoria after i put stickers on the beer fridge. good call though spork, any connector should have di-el all over it. Mine is still kickin ass!
- Location
- TN
I may have killed mine I put the battery tender on overnight and it only read 6.9 volts the next morn. Gonna take it out of ski and try it. Think its dead?
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Try everything you can but that's the same kind of voltage mind was reading when it tanked. I'm talking with Shorai right now about a warranty claim but I don't have high hopes. If they reject it, I'll pop open the battery and see if there is anything I can do.
- Location
- South Florida
Thanks to all you guinea pigs for testing these out.
SN760
For Those About To Rock
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth area
Just finished reading the last 17 pages of post - in need of a battery at this time but not sure Li-Fe battery is the way to go. Would like to save the weight but don't need to be left dead in the water every time I turn around.
Here are my ski specs and ride time - would appreciate any thoughts on using the lightweight battery as well as what size to go with.
Ride lake (mostly) and surf. Compression 190 psi, MSD Total Loss Digital dual pickup, dual Rule 500 gph pumps - one runs most of the time with the second one as backup. Usually burn about 10 gal gas per outing - 2 to 4 rides. Not unusual to be a 1/2 mile or more from shore - following a big cruser that is laying out a 4 ft wake. Do not want to be recharging the battery between rides. Can get 2 days riding (20 gal) with the gel cell battery I'm using now before recharging. Main goal is to be able to go 1 day with out recharging.
Thanks.
Here are my ski specs and ride time - would appreciate any thoughts on using the lightweight battery as well as what size to go with.
Ride lake (mostly) and surf. Compression 190 psi, MSD Total Loss Digital dual pickup, dual Rule 500 gph pumps - one runs most of the time with the second one as backup. Usually burn about 10 gal gas per outing - 2 to 4 rides. Not unusual to be a 1/2 mile or more from shore - following a big cruser that is laying out a 4 ft wake. Do not want to be recharging the battery between rides. Can get 2 days riding (20 gal) with the gel cell battery I'm using now before recharging. Main goal is to be able to go 1 day with out recharging.
Thanks.
sjetrider
615 Freeriders are addicted to T1 madness.
- Location
- in the 615 (Nashville)
these are JUNK, do not waste your $$$$$, I tried and learned as did one other 615 rider, BIG MISTAKE.
- Location
- TN
What he said^
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Uhhhh.... Where were these reviews when we discussed these batteries quite a while ago and were looking for feedback?
- Location
- TN
I just found our mine died recently so I had feedback to leave or would have same as sjetrider
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