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low battery leading to no use of GS911

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GS Jim:
Trying to do any GS911 work without a charger is going to be difficult. Even using a trickle charger is probably not going to work well especially if you have engaged cruising lights that cause the low beam to come on along with the side lights without running the engine. Most trickle chargers only put out 800 ma and you may find that is not enough and will need a charger capable of 4 amps.
Last week I had to do a recode (restore) to the RDC (throwing constant erroneous faults on dash) while on the road so I unplugged the headlight to allow enough time to complete the restore before the voltage dropped below 12.5v.

asellus:
my 2024 S1000XR will chill around 12.4v with the ignition on, engine off.  I usually hook up a 5amp charger to it while I'm using the GS-911 for anything more than a few minutes, as the battery will eventually drop to 12.3 or so which seems to trigger the GS-911's safety.

such is the downside of modern bikes with tons of electronics.

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