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Thanks Steve, is it worth me bothering with the flowchart analysis then in your opinion? Which model of the Shindengen rectifier do you have?

 

As an additional question, is it possible to fill an empty battery with only distilled water and expect to be able to charge it back to full operational status?

 

I've just answered my own question I think - the answer is NO..

 

If I added a fresh acid pack to my empty battery and charged fully, would that work? Or am I better off buying a new battery? (and new RR of course)

 

Well thanks to your kind input chaps I have resolved the problem. I've managed to revive my dry battery simply by topping up all the cells with distilled water and putting it on charge (CTEK 800 charger) overnight. I wasn't convinced but Green light this morning so that was encouraging. My spare old battery which I tried yesterday after a long charge didn't work, but that was charged using a different charger (crappy auto-xs jobby) so maybe the charger was at fault.

As luck would have it, there was an RR51 installed on the spare bike so I've just swapped that over, amazingly easy to do. Fired up no problems and the voltage is now reading 14v at steady tickover rising to 14.5/15v when revved.

Arquebus I have to agree with you about putting a new battery in and I probably will do so, just had to try all options - just wanting to get back on the road while the summer continues.

Thanks again to all for your help and advice, you guys are a credit to this forum.