IF handled badly, motorcycle electronics can kill enjoyment of the riding experience; especially where poorly maintained batteries or insufficient battery power is concerned.
However, if handled well, the power of a well maintained battery to drive modern motorcycle and consumer electronics can massively enhance enjoyment of the riding experience.
TecMate's new 'smart' OptiMate Monitor with 4 LEDs driven by a micro-processor not only tells how well the battery is charged (or not!), it also tells if the vehicle's charging system is delivering sufficient charge voltage when the engine is running.
During vehicle storage the LED matching the battery's state of charge will blink every 5 seconds, drawing very little power (0.2 milliamps) to do so, in fact 20-100 times less than the vehicle's circuitry is drawing from the battery at the same time.
When the vehicle's engine is running, the LED mode changes to an arrow, with the pointer reaching the LED matching the voltage being delivered by charging system. No arrow means it is not charging.
Two versions are available for all lead-acid batteries, including AGM : a weatherproof battery lead with M6 / 1/4" ringlets (O-124) or an in-line SAE to SAE version (O-125) that connects perfectly to any 2-pin SAE battery lead already fitted to your motorcycle.
The in-line (O-125) version also works perfectly with all OptiMate Cable adaptors such as the O-02 AUTO/BIKE plug, O-04 battery clip set or O-19 low profile BIKE (DIN) plug.
The lithium battery version (O-127) has an LED warning if the battery is being overcharged and for good reason, overcharging means death to a lithium battery!
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