how do i disable battery warning

I must respectfully disagree with you RobsTV. If the case of the battery is not designed for use with the sensor, you will have problems getting the depth of the sensor to the right location. Forcing a part into an orifice that it is not designed to be in tends to ruin usable parts. I think there is a better solution, get the right battery or build the bypass I drew pictures of and Mr. Mike so thoughtfully worked out. Much more satisfying than hearing your sensor snapping off inside a cell. Come to think of it, Brian I believe you were aluding to the subsequent acid leakage that would result from the gaps left from an ill-fitting sensor. Aaggh, nasty business.

 

Yes, messing with a battery can be dangerous.

But, the battery I used from Walmart was identical in appearance, except it did not have a threaded hole for the sensor. New battery had a strip of 6 plug caps attached together, and I clipped out the one for sensor. Checked depth of cell, and it was identical to original battery. Sensor almost completely screwed into the non-threaded hole without doing any mods, but since I didn't want to break anything, or have any leaks, and since I was so close, removed sensor and inserted bolt into hole top to make clean threads. Now sensor screws in as if it was factory, and battery fluid indicator of computer works fine. The above was done prior to adding acid.

 

RobsTV, sounds like you did a great job and all the mucking around was with the cap, not the battery!

 

RobsTV, it sounds like you did a little thinking before you installed your sensor. I am relieved, as I assumed (yes, I did) from your original post that you were advocating slaping the sensor in the hole and forcing it into the opening. I am sorry if it appears I jumped to conclusions. I worked with what was posted. Your method is sound so long as the care is taken in modifying the battery case. I would not have made the assumptions I did if you had been as specific in your first post as you were in your second. Please give us all important details, they keep me from making an a** out of myself. Glad to hear you found a solution that was easy and free! I did contemplate a similar mod on my bike when I bought the cheapy but the holes in my battery were too big and the caps would not allow enough depth for the sensor to work. Rats. I own a sealed cell for my Seca so I have to take the adaptor route now. Best of luck to you all!

 

Robert, thanks for the reply, and you made no mistakes in warning about tampering.

I assumed (wrongly) that all the generic batteries were like the Walmart battery I bought, since it was like the original, but threadless. That was why I didn't explain in much detail. Didn't know there were other batteries that were different enough that it was not a safe and easy mod. Thanks for clarifying that some are different, and those should not be tampered with.

 

dumb question:

why dont you just take out the light bulb?

if the warning light is all that bothers

that would cure it no?

 

On the '82 750 Maxim there is no bulb.
It is an LCD display from computer.

 

ahh i see!! lol

 

there is a bulb on the '82 750 Seca

 

you refer to the warning bulb no?

but tha tbulb is for ALL hazards... i like having htat around...

 

yup that's the one that I was refering to Brian750R..... the largest of the bunch and when it lights up and starts blinking,you know it!
I thought that's the one everyone was talking about, the LCD warning display could flash all day and wouldn't be of bother.

 

the idea tho is that, the battery warning is whats triggering the light, most of us still want that light to get our attention if something like the stand is down, or the oil is depressurized, or the brakes lose fluid... but if it doesnt bother you, yeah you could go for it.

 

If it's just the red warning light, doesn't it only display when first started, then you press warning reset button, and light goes out until another warning such as low fuel happens? At least that is how it is on my 750. I also have bad brake master cylinder fluid level sensor, so even though battery sensor now works, warning light still pops up on startup. Gave up trying to solve sensor, and just push warning light reset after starting.