1200 S Charging Battery With An Optimate 4

Discussion in 'Monster' started by DudleyDuke, Feb 11, 2020.

  1. Morning all,
    Before I hook the battery up for charging I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. The Optimate 4 has an option to Select Canbus charging or 'Normal' charging. Not being 100% sure I thought I would ask which one to select.

    Loving the battery location :laughing:
     
    #1 DudleyDuke, Feb 11, 2020
  2. If you are going to connect the charger to the bike through one of the Aux sockets then select the canbus option

    If connecting directly to the Battery with either croc clips or a dedicated fly lead then normal charging
     
    #2 Redrick, Feb 11, 2020
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  3. Cheers Redrick, much appreciated. :upyeah:
     
    #3 DudleyDuke, Feb 11, 2020
  4. yep as above, the CAN bus option has some clever trickery that basically 'wakes' the can bus system through the ECU to allow charging. Much cleverer people than me understand how!
     
    #4 Phill748, Feb 11, 2020
  5. Can bus instruction?
     
    #5 AirCon, Feb 11, 2020
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  6. Jesus wept, not something else that is now woke :laughing:
     
    #6 DudleyDuke, Feb 11, 2020
    • Funny Funny x 2
  7. Have been using optimate connected directly to the battery for 3 years - no sign of any problems.
     
    #7 LCjohnny, Feb 23, 2020
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