How do you charge the battery?
Thanks
Gus G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M J" <mattjne@gmail.com>
To: <Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Honda-C70] Re: A Better Battery
> Nice instructable on the battery pack. Thanks. Any thoughts on Ni-Cad vs
> NiMH? Herman, can you point us to the specific battery you used?
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:47 PM, william belleau
> <wjbelleau@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Neil Rodrigues posted a nice file on making a Ni-Cad battery pack
>> on the small-honda-singles@yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/QMjWTfDbyhvk3Y44j_S7E3-NAYbrLu6gIaVrH6Owtqwe5ukQ1e-kJnqteeurt5Ed41qMAug4dqSaoE9r1-_aquSTpIlhB14/6volt_NICAD_Battery_Conversion.doc
>>
>> I have been thinking of this for years.
>> Bill
>> Portland OR
>>
>> --- On Fri, 5/20/11, M J <mattjne@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: M J <mattjne@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Honda-C70] Re: A Better Battery
>>
>> To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 12:19 PM
>>
>>
>> OK, you have definitely got my attention:) How bout a tutorial? I've
>> screwed with my electrical system a lot, my headlight is still kind of a
>> joke and my blinkers flash on the first day of a fresh charging. The
>> electrical systems on these bikes seem to be the weakest link in these
>> machines that are so genius in their simplicity. I also have a 305
>> superhawk that sucks too much juice without replacing it.
>>
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Herman <h3ch4@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > The C70 charging system seems to charge the NIMH pack just fine. At
>> > high
>> > revs, the voltage at the battery terminals reads about 8.9V. At idle,
>> > the
>> > voltage is somewhere around 7.5V. For comparison, I think the fully
>> charged
>> > voltage of a 6V lead acid is around 7.1V.
>> >
>> > HC
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, myron andrews <mvandrews13@...>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Herman : Does the bike charge the battery or do you plug it in like
>> many
>> > of us do with a battery tender any way? I consider the electric starter
>> to
>> > be dead weight for the last 6 years or so . The starter worked 3 times
>> > in
>> > 2010 on mine. Baby Huey
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
>> > > From: h3ch4@...
>> >
>> > > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 03:28:35 +0000
>> > > Subject: [Honda-C70] A Better Battery
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I've found that a 7.2 volt NIMH battery pack, like the ones used in
>> > > RC
>> > cars will replace the lead acid battery just fine.
>> > >
>> > > I've been running on one for two months now, and nothing has burned
>> > > out
>> > yet, even after 10-mile WOT excursions through the countryside.
>> > >
>> > > In addition, the headlight is brighter, turn signals actually become
>> > visible in daylight, and the horn no longer sounds like a dying animal!
>> > >
>> > > The whole pack is a lot lighter than the lead acid, and no more risk
>> > > of
>> > acid spills or of burning out bulbs when the battery dies.
>> > >
>> > > To test what happens when the NIMH pack eventually dies, I ran the
>> > > C70
>> > with a completely discharged NIMH pack and all the bulbs survived,
>> > though
>> > they were nearly too dim to see. This is unlike the consequences of a
>> dead
>> > lead-acid battery, which would blow out all the bulbs.
>> > >
>> > > The only thing that doesn't work is the electric starter motor. But
>> that
>> > barely worked with a lead-acid battery anyway. :P
>> > >
>> > > In conclusion, if you're in need of a new battery and possess simple
>> > wiring skills (needed to wire the NIMH pack into the electrical
>> > system),
>> you
>> > should consider heading to the local hobby shop, rather than the auto
>> shop,
>> > to pick up a 7.2V NIMH battery pack to replace the OEM lead-acid
>> > battery
>> > used in the C70.
>> > >
>> > > HC
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> C70 Passport Not Running Right?
>> 1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
>> 1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
>> http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
>> 1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
>> 1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
>> http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
>> 1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
>> http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
>>
>> 1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
>> 1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
>>
>> More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
>> http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
>> http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.htmlYahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
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> ------------------------------------
>
> C70 Passport Not Running Right?
> 1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
> 1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
> 1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
> 1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
> 1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
> http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
>
> 1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
> 1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
>
> More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
> http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
> http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.htmlYahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.html
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