Lady Nina

I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
--
Lady Nina

Simon Wilson

Lady Nina wrote:
> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?

It's generally a good idea.

see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/

HTH
--
/Simon

Cane

On 13 Jul, 10:50, Lady Nina <spamtr...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?

Don't expect to much love, you're only a girl.

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:00:17 +0100, Simon Wilson
<siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Lady Nina wrote:
>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
>> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
>> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>
>It's generally a good idea.
>
>see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/
>
>HTH

Ta.

I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.

Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.
--
Lady Nina

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:04:58 +0100, Lady Nina wrote:

>>see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/
>>
>>HTH
>
> Ta.
>
> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.
>
> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.

It gets the electrons all warm before they're needed? A bit like tyre
warmers.

Can I have a brew too? They stuck aircon in this office and it's
freeeeezing.

Hog

Lady Nina wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:00:17 +0100, Simon Wilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lady Nina wrote:
>>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly.
>>> He said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's
>>> a new just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>>
>> It's generally a good idea.
>>
>> see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/
>>
>> HTH
>
> Ta.
>
> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.
>
> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.

Ride up to Leeds then

--
Hog
'03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400

Paul - xxx

Lady Nina wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:00:17 +0100, Simon Wilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lady Nina wrote:
>>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly.
>>> He said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's
>>> a new just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>>
>> It's generally a good idea.
>>
>> see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/
>>
>> HTH
>
> Ta.
>
> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.

It's been stood on the shelf and will have consequently lost some of it's
charge. A 'top-up' before fitting it goes a long way to maintaning it.

> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.

I have a sink full of dishes that need washing ... which I also cba to do
....

--
Paul - xxx

Phil Launchbury

In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina wrote:

> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?

They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
probably won't have a charge at all..

Phil

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

deadmail@burnt.org.uk

Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in message
<slrnf9ejg1.ab3.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:

>In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina wrote:
>
>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
>> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
>> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>
>They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>probably won't have a charge at all..

I think you'll find it will have a decent charge, just not a full one.
--
K75RT, K1100LT, ZXR750H1, 5TA.

I know I aint doing much,
doing nothing means a lot to me.

Hog

deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
> Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in message
> <slrnf9ejg1.ab3.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:
>
>> In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly.
>>> He said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's
>>> a new just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>>
>> They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>> probably won't have a charge at all..
>
> I think you'll find it will have a decent charge, just not a full one.

Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
bothers!

--
Hog
'03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400

Champ

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:26 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:

>Can I have a brew too? They stuck aircon in this office and it's
>freeeeezing.

Christ I hate that. I spend 80~90% of my time at work being too cold,
which is especially galling when it's nice and warm outside.
--
Champ
I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old
ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race)
neal at champ dot org dot uk

Champ

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:03:45 +0100, Phil Launchbury
<phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote:

>In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina wrote:
>
>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
>> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
>> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>
>They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>probably won't have a charge at all..

I don't think this is true.

Auvache will be along shortly to take the piss out of you in detail.
--
Champ
I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old
ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race)
neal at champ dot org dot uk

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43:45 +0100, Champ wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:26 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:
>
>>Can I have a brew too? They stuck aircon in this office and it's
>>freeeeezing.
>
> Christ I hate that. I spend 80~90% of my time at work being too cold,
> which is especially galling when it's nice and warm outside.

I've been telling all the complaining sweaty fatties (who demanded the
aircon be retrofitted to the building) that they need their thyroids
checking; but then I'm a bit cantankerous.

My fingers turn blue when I get too cold.
We're running the office at the same temperature as the data-centre!
There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.

Eddie

Hog wrote:
>
> Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
> be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
> bothers!

I do. Or at least, I did, last time I bought a battery.

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:50:56 +0100, Eddie wrote:

> Hog wrote:
>>
>> Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
>> be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
>> bothers!
>
> I do. Or at least, I did, last time I bought a battery.

Different type of battery of course and possibly bad form, but I noted
this time I got a new phone which has... *fiddles, and reboots* a lithium
polymer battery, it doesn't ask for the usual 12-14 hour charge thing in
the manual. Um, I have no actual point.

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:26 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:04:58 +0100, Lady Nina wrote:
>
>>>see: http://www.batteryfaq.org/
>>>
>>>HTH
>>
>> Ta.
>>
>> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
>> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.
>>
>> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.
>
>It gets the electrons all warm before they're needed? A bit like tyre
>warmers.

That's sufficiently vague, ta.

>Can I have a brew too?

Sure, I have coffee beans waiting to be ground, pre ground beans,
decent instant, boring instant and tea for those poor souls who don't
appreciate coffee.

>They stuck aircon in this office and it's
>freeeeezing.

I've put a jacket on (black velvet darsy) as it's not quite cold
enough to put the heating back on, plus heating in July is wrong.

There's a puddle forming on the convertible's roof, I should really go
and stick it in the garage.
--
Lady Nina

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:56 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
wrote:

>Lady Nina wrote:

>> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
>> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.
>>
>> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.
>
>Ride up to Leeds then

That involves waterproofs, or I would. Just cannot summon up any
enthusiasm today, which isn't like me at all, I think I exhausted my
cheerful face stuff last night.

I was coming back from Hull on Wednesday and debated phoning you and
popping over for a brew, but I've not stuck your number in my phone,
so I didn't.
--
Lady Nina

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:19:07 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<notcheckedever@hotmail.com> wrote:


>> I looked, it was complicated. I'll go and put the kettle on and wait
>> for someone to put it into non mechanically minded girl terms.
>
>It's been stood on the shelf and will have consequently lost some of it's
>charge. A 'top-up' before fitting it goes a long way to maintaning it.

It's not, I ordered it last week, it arrived yesterday and he filled
it for me a couple of hours back.
>
>> Then I might do some work. Possibly. I really CBA today.
>
>I have a sink full of dishes that need washing ... which I also cba to do
>...

I love my dishwasher.
--
Lady Nina

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:29:12 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
wrote:

>deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
>> Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in message
>> <slrnf9ejg1.ab3.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:
>>
>>> In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly.
>>>> He said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's
>>>> a new just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>>>
>>> They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>>> probably won't have a charge at all..
>>
>> I think you'll find it will have a decent charge, just not a full one.
>
>Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
>be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
>bothers!

But it's a 6V so I can't just stick it on the optiwotsit - so how do I
charge it?
--
Lady Nina

Lady Nina

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:07:59 -0700, Cane <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 13 Jul, 10:50, Lady Nina <spamtr...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
>> said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
>> just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
>
>Don't expect to much love, you're only a girl.

Yes dear, that's my point, I need you big strong men [1] to enlighten
me.

But not in the correct usage of to and too.

[1] Otherwise known as over weight old gimmers.
--
Lady Nina

Champ

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:53:32 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43:45 +0100, Champ wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:26 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Can I have a brew too? They stuck aircon in this office and it's
>>>freeeeezing.
>>
>> Christ I hate that. I spend 80~90% of my time at work being too cold,
>> which is especially galling when it's nice and warm outside.
>
>I've been telling all the complaining sweaty fatties (who demanded the
>aircon be retrofitted to the building) that they need their thyroids
>checking; but then I'm a bit cantankerous.
>
>My fingers turn blue when I get too cold.
>We're running the office at the same temperature as the data-centre!
>There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.

'ang on - I thougth you were a gurl? Or am I confused again?

--
Champ
I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old
ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race)
neal at champ dot org dot uk

ginge

Lady Nina wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:29:12 +0100, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
> >> Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in message
> >> <slrnf9ejg1.ab3.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:
> >>
> >>> In article <gkie93l4gobijseot7tnt1i4gdp7k2rg0f@4ax.com>, Lady Nina
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly.
> >>>> He said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's
> >>>> a new just filled battery - why does it need more charge?
> >>>
> >>> They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
> >>> probably won't have a charge at all..
> >>
> >> I think you'll find it will have a decent charge, just not a full one.
> >
> >Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
> >be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
> >bothers!
>
> But it's a 6V so I can't just stick it on the optiwotsit - so how do I
> charge it?

You'd need a 6v charger.

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:08:16 +0100, Lady Nina wrote:

> But it's a 6V so I can't just stick it on the optiwotsit - so how do I
> charge it?

*silly girl trying to answer a question*
I wouldn't do this before having a greasy man check my logic, but if you
have any way of starting the bike without the battery, can you not just
run that, then connect the battery and charge it off the bike magic? So
long as you don't use it to crank the bike over it won't be being "used".

My car one got down to 4V whilst stood, so I'd kind of written it off as
"bust", but I jumped the car from a jump pack and ragged it for about 10
minutes a couple of times a day, and I'm still using that battery for day
to day use. (It may be worth noting that I occasionally have to kick the
terminals to make the engine start when it's particularly wet, but it is a
Peugeot anyway...)

If I'm very very wrong with this logic, I'd appreciate a "why" because
batteries are cool, and a bit worrying when they fail and the bonnet's
shut.

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:55 +0100, Champ wrote:

>>There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.
>
> 'ang on - I thougth you were a gurl? Or am I confused again?

Blokes like boobs, right?
If you're confused and unsure if *you* like boobs, there's plenty of guys
around who'll help you with the alternatives I'm sure P

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Eddie <eddie@deguello.org> saying
something like:

>Hog wrote:
>>
>> Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts. Should always
>> be trickle charged to full before use for maximum capacity/life. Nobody
>> bothers!
>
>I do. Or at least, I did, last time I bought a battery.

Good man. It does make a helluva difference to the life expectancy of
the battery, all other things being equal - properly working charging
system, etc.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

Grimly Curmudgeon

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Lady Nina <spamtrap2@ntlworld.com>
saying something like:

>I've finally picked up a new battery from Mick Bull for the benly. He
>said 'give it a bit of charge before you fit it'. How? Why? It's a new
>just filled battery - why does it need more charge?

When it's made, the plates are chemically almost at the state they would
be in if it was a charged battery, but it's made dry, with no
electrolyte, so can't be in a fully charged state.

It's dry for transportation, and the dealer/end user must fill it then
charge it up for use. Definitely worth while doing, as (ime) it adds
years to the life of it. If you cold crank an uncharged new battery it
doesn't do it much good - best to bring it up to full charge and give it
the best chance of doing its job.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

CT

cat wrote:
>
> Blokes like boobs, right?

Not all of them. The blokes, that is, not the boobs, although come to
mention it... Anyway us blokes, especially me and Hog, like boobs but
Champ seems to like women that don't have any.

> If you're confused and unsure if you like boobs, there's plenty of
> guys around who'll help you with the alternatives I'm sure P

We have those types here too, of course.

--
Chris

Des

cat <cat@what.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:55 +0100, Champ wrote:

>>>There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.

>> 'ang on - I thougth you were a gurl? Or am I confused again?

> Blokes like boobs, right?

In general, yeah, but then you have different groups. One group - the one
that likes big boobs - is populated by immature mummy's boys who never
really cut the cord and who need to be comforted by burying their faces in
a huge cleavage and going 'brrrrrrrrrrr, mummy!!!!!! Brrrrrr!!!!'

http://minilien.fr/a0kh3y

Then there are the mature men who know what they want, and are able to
treat women as equals, secure in their masculinity and with no need to suck
their thumb when 'mummy' isn't there.

http://minilien.fr/a0kh3z

D.
--
des | 'trop d'la balle, j'kiffe grave!'
BMW K100-LT

Phil Launchbury

In article <krle9356guifsbaou1tos91vmcdjg764cp@4ax.com>, Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:03:45 +0100, Phil Launchbury
><phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>>probably won't have a charge at all..
>
> Auvache will be along shortly to take the piss out of you in detail.

I stand in fear and expectation.

Phil

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

Phil Launchbury

In article <8kke93h5302mjdvfg23i2114k40j0f7r4e@4ax.com>, deadmail@burnt.org.uk wrote:
> Phil Launchbury <phill@launchbury.org.uk> wrote in message
><slrnf9ejg1.ab3.phill@tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:
>
>>
>>They don't come fully-charged. In fact a freshly-filled battery
>>probably won't have a charge at all..
>
> I think you'll find it will have a decent charge, just not a full one.

Quite possibly. The last battery I bought was about 10 years ago..

Other than UPS batteries of course.

Phil.

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

Phil Launchbury

In article <pan.2007.07.13.10.53.32.750671@what.com>, cat wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43:45 +0100, Champ wrote:
>
> My fingers turn blue when I get too cold.

It's more like you need yours checking - mine do too and I (like about
30% of T2 diabetics) have low thyroid activity..

> We're running the office at the same temperature as the data-centre!

Good early-warning system :-) If the office warms up it's time to shut
the servers down sharpish befre they thermal-overload..

> There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.

Boo-hiss.

Phil.

--
Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'

Simon Wilson

cat wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43:45 +0100, Champ wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:14:26 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can I have a brew too? They stuck aircon in this office and it's
>>> freeeeezing.
>> Christ I hate that. I spend 80~90% of my time at work being too cold,
>> which is especially galling when it's nice and warm outside.
>
> I've been telling all the complaining sweaty fatties (who demanded the
> aircon be retrofitted to the building) that they need their thyroids
> checking; but then I'm a bit cantankerous.
>
> My fingers turn blue when I get too cold.
> We're running the office at the same temperature as the data-centre!
> There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.

I know it's old and probably a ginge, but these
http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.p...9a680/4296e4ac people like to
turn the aircon up high too.

--
/Simon

Champ

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:22:25 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:55 +0100, Champ wrote:
>
>>>There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.
>>
>> 'ang on - I thougth you were a gurl? Or am I confused again?
>
>Blokes like boobs, right?

Mostly.

>If you're confused and unsure if *you* like boobs

Ah, I see. Well, yes, I do like them, but not too big, and they're
not my favourite part of the female anatomy [1]

[1] actually, my fave part is rather odd.

--
Champ
I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old
ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race)
neal at champ dot org dot uk

Des

Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:

> [1] actually, my fave part is rather odd.

FFS, anyone else posting this sort of gag-inducing navel-gazing...

D.
--
des | 'trop d'la balle, j'kiffe grave!'
BMW K100-LT

cat

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:48:40 +0200, Des wrote:

> Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> [1] actually, my fave part is rather odd.
>
> FFS, anyone else posting this sort of gag-inducing navel-gazing...
>
> D.

Does he really like belly buttons?

Hog

Eddie wrote:
> Hog wrote:
>>
>> Yes dry charged. About 2/3 electrical capacity or thereabouts.
>> Should always be trickle charged to full before use for maximum
>> capacity/life. Nobody bothers!
>
> I do. Or at least, I did, last time I bought a battery.

ok "Nobody South of York"

--
Hog
'03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400

Hog

Champ wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:22:25 +0100, cat <cat@what.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:15:55 +0100, Champ wrote:
>>
>>>> There's less chance of ladies in tiny tops if it's cold anyway.
>>>
>>> 'ang on - I thougth you were a gurl? Or am I confused again?
>>
>> Blokes like boobs, right?
>
> Mostly.
>
>> If you're confused and unsure if *you* like boobs
>
> Ah, I see. Well, yes, I do like them, but not too big, and they're

Ah just like me then....

> not my favourite part of the female anatomy [1]
>
> [1] actually, my fave part is rather odd.

Oh do tell

--
Hog
'03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400