cabreco Posted January 7, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 7, 2012 Going to put the resistor to fix the battery warning light issue. I bought bothe the 1k & the 2.2K ohm. Which one should I try first? I'm trying to do as few steps as possible. Thanks Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted January 7, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 7, 2012 Bigger is better, try the 2.2k and the 1k in series first, then drop back to only 2.2k, then try the 1K alone, last resort is the two in parallel, this would be the least resistance. Stop at the first one to work. Just hook up with clip leads or wires twisted together to try. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabreco Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted January 7, 2012 Appreciate it Gary. I figured i wasn't alone in this. The PO "fixed" this problem by putting a piece of electrical tape over the warning light. A little butcher Bob job & I'm too much of a stickler to deal with the tape. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted January 7, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 7, 2012 Why not just drill a hole in the top of the battery and stick the probe down into it? I got my battery from Walmart and the hole was too small, I drilled it out bigger and it works just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabreco Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share #5 Posted January 7, 2012 Shorty, when you're using a $150 battery, you don't want to drill anywhere near it (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted January 7, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 7, 2012 What kind of battery did you get for $150? I think I paid about $90 for my DEKA and I don't think you can get much better than that. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted January 7, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 7, 2012 What kind of battery did you get for $150? I think I paid about $90 for my DEKA and I don't think you can get much better than that. RandyA Thats what I was wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted January 7, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 7, 2012 Why not just drill a hole in the top of the battery and stick the probe down into it? I got my battery from Walmart and the hole was too small, I drilled it out bigger and it works just fine. If it is a gel cell, it probably wouldn't work even if you did drill it. Chemical properties would be different from sulfuric acid. What kind of battery did you get for $150? I think I paid about $90 for my DEKA and I don't think you can get much better than that. RandyA The new Lithium batteries are over $200 for a Venture, almost got one when I was installing VMax air box due to size. Ended up mounting gel cell on its side in where coils were. They are about 1/3 the size and weight is way less. http://www.shoraipower.com/s-149434-XVZ13-VentureRoyale.aspx Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabreco Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted January 7, 2012 What kind of battery did you get for $150? I think I paid about $90 for my DEKA and I don't think you can get much better than that. RandyA It's an Odyssey Drycell battery. It was actually around $140. Anyway, Thanks to everyone for the help (posts & PMs) I replaced the sensor with a 2.2K resistor & soldered it to the accessory fuse clip. 1st shot the light went out after the system check! Now is I do have an issue with another system the warning light will work! I'm down to my last 3 tasks...the plastic work, gas odor & replacing a leaking slave cylinder. The manual is weak on slave replacement procedure but I'm sure I'll find a write up here somewhere. Thanks again, you guy are making this fix very easy for me. I'll be touring before you know it! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted January 8, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 8, 2012 The Odessey battery is an excellent choice but over the years they have gone up in price whereas the DEKA costs less and they seem to actually have a tad more power to them. I've had my Odessey for about five years now and still is as good as new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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