VOLTMETER for PCX !

[nasnikos-Greece]

Just bought this autopowered voltmeter with a bright-full blue backlighted LCD!

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/2-2-lcd-di ... -20v-36147

I don't know where to place it... Any ideas ?

[gn2]

Yep, put it on ebay.

[nasnikos-Greece]

Yep, put it on ebay.

?

[gn2]

Sorry, my poor attempt at humour has failed.
What do you need a voltmeter for?
I have been riding two wheelers for more than three decades and have never needed one.

[nasnikos-Greece]

I think that you have to watch your battery level
all the time, in order to protect yourself from a
future problem. PCX does not have a foot-crank.

Also, as a cosmetic accessory! Or a tech mod!

[gn2]

The more aftermarket stuff you fit the higher the chances of having a problem later on.How long are you planning on keeping your PCX?
The battery should last a good few years, maybe ten.
Will you still be riding it in ten years or will you have moved on to something else?

[nasnikos-Greece]

I'm not planning to change a bike..
Even if that happens,to go on smth bigger, I'll keep the PCX for the city distances..

BUT, that wasn't the subject of the post!

[gn2]

Put it under the seat then, that's where the battery is.

[nasnikos-Greece]

Here's the Voltmeter..


It's testing time!


Perfect accuracy and illumination!


Hidden in the box!

[EddieC]

lookin nice!


How exactly do you have it hooked up? Is it hooked to a source of power thats controlled by the ignition switch? or always on?

[nasnikos-Greece]

lookin nice!


How exactly do you have it hooked up? Is it hooked to a source of power thats controlled by the ignition switch? or always on?

It's taking power from the small headlights, when ignition is ON.

Some drops of silicone is enough to hook it in there!
It's thin and light..

[maddiedog]

Cool. That is a smart mod to have, especially since we don't have kick starters. It would be terrible to get stranded because of a bad battery.

GN2, not all of us are manly enough to load a scooter onto our backs to carry home if a battery goes out.

[gn2]

Nor intelligent enough to use jump leads....

[rainburg]

Or too lazy. We replace our vehicle batteries by five years, even if they are working fine. We may be giving up a few useful years, but since we started this maintenance schedule we've avoided the hassles of having to deal with dead batteries. We can shop around for a good price and do the installation at a convenient time. If it costs us any extra, it is well worth it for peace of mind.

[gn2]

I can understand the merits of that idea but I just couldn't bring myself to dispose of a working battery.

[rainburg]

I agree GN2, that part is hard to swallow. They get recycled, so that makes me feel a little better about it. I don't think a vehicle battery ever lasts more than 7 years, so hopefully we aren't throwing them away very long before they would have failed.

[EddieC]

I had the original stock battery in my honda CRV for over 10 years! Sold the car with the same battery too.... I guess I've been really lucky seeing that I've never had starting issues due to a bad battery... One time I needed to clean the terminals, but the battery was still fine.

[gn2]

I had a Toyota Carina E which I bought from my dad, it was in our family for roughly twelve years and all on the original battery.
The car I have now is ten years old and I think it has the original battery.
If you routinely swap out a battery at 7 years, you'll never know how long it would have lasted.

[EddieC]

and I always carry a set of jumper cables with me... and my dad had a manual car that had a dead battery for over a month... he just parked it on hills until one day he stalled it at an intersection and got stuck =]

[maddiedog]

Nor intelligent enough to use jump leads....

What if I don't have any on me? There's no way I'd carry them with me in the scooter, they take up too much space and add weight. You'd be surprised how few people actually carry jumpers nowadays... I have a set in both my trucks, but would never bother with that on a scooter.

I have terrible luck with batteries. I went through a battery a year on my CR-V until I replaced it with a Duralast premium. A few cars before that, I had a 1995 Infiniti G20. It was a good car, with not a single issue other than a shitty alternator. Even after having it replaced, it wouldn't charge the battery properly and would eventually kill them. I replaced the battery 3 or 4 times, then just left the bad battery in and parked on a hill. Thank god that thing was stickshift, or I would have been getting several jumps a day.