Hi scotty. Is it a good or bad idea to use a lithium battery on a motorcycle fitted with added lights and accessories?
I got a small moped bike, a Yamaha Jupiter Z1, with a 115cc. It has 35k miles on its belt used daily on street and highway.
I have converted the headlight to H4 automotive all-weather LED lights that runs at 50 watts on High Beam.
Plus dual contact LED parking and signal lights.
And an auxilliary mini-driving lights that runs at 60 watts in full blast but only I use this when driving in poor weather or in night time on a non-busy dark roads.
I am doing some calculations here and if I estimated my total power usage if all lights and devices are ON including the sensors, the fuel pump, etc., about more or less 130 to 140 watts on a 12-volt system.
I have changed lead acid battery at least every 15 months. Do you think lithium-ion batteries or lithium iron phosphate batteries are a good alternative from the old tech but acceptable lead acid batteries? Thanks.
Here's the thing I tried out lithium batteries on both of my motorcycles one that worked the other broke after about a year. So I've gone back to let acid battery tried and true technology Plus I don't know that the alternator setup is going to correctly charge those lithium batteries because my battery chargers always ask you to set it for regular batteries or lithium batteries
