Hole in Battery

[Andri]

Hi guys,

question for ya.
This is for my Triumph Sprint motorcycle but as it's a general piece of hardware i thought i would ask here, also.

i bought a new Yuasa 12V YTX12-BS battery for my sprint as the winter killed my last one off.

About a month ago someone tried to take the battery out of my bike while i was out. The alarm must have been going off for a good few hours.

anyhow, fast forward to yesterday and my bike failed to start.
I had a chance to take it apart today and found this.

Picture of my battery

now, I've already swapped it out for my old battery and the bike fired up first time.
My main question is, even with that hole in it the battery is still showing just over 12V on my ancient volt meter.

Is this normal, i would have thought with one of the cells empty of acid it wouldn't be producing 12v.

(yes, the bike was run with this damage for over a month)

 

[Andri]

Hi guys, thanks for putting my mind at rest.

Owning a Triumph is damn expensive as it is without having to worrie about other electrical problems.

The battery isn't cheap but it's easier to replace than pretty much everything else on the bike.

well, even though they didn't get the battery, the scum of the earth still did me out of £60 by destroying the battery.

 

[Andri]

That cheap for a motorbike battery...................

Think it was around £100 i payed last year for a Yuasa battery for my FZ1

Ow, that's painful.
I've seen the YTX12-BS cheaper at 1 or 2 places
I ordered mine from Busters.

I would be more worried about where the acid went :O

That was my main concern, there doesn’t appear to be any damage beyond what was done to make the hole in the battery.