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Some people will ask whether motorcycle USB charger has any effects on motorcycle battery life, I will tell you yes. But it only drains little motorcycle battery, unless you connect USB charger to a switch. Therefore, if you want to park your motorcycle for long times such as few days or several months, you may disconnect the connection before a long parking. We know that usually the USB chargers used is 0.5 or 1 A amperage, and it is too low to a battery to have any noticeable effect. So, the direct reason to impact on your new motorbike battery is the type of device and the duration for which it is connected via the USB cable.
We know the power drew by the different connected devices depends on the requirement of their power and the time for which they are connected to the battery. For example, if the device directly connects to the battery, there can be a drain on your motorcycle even if you never ride your motorcycle. If you are careful, you will find there is a drain in your motorcycle battery if you don’t disconnect the USB charger to the battery for some days or weeks. So, in order to keep your motorcycle lithium battery has full power, we suggest that never directly connect any motorbike external accessories via USB chargers to the battery, because the battery will continue drain even when the power is off.
About your motorcycle battery, there is one thing you need to notice that it will occur sulfation when the lead acid motorcycle battery is excessively charged or undercharged, which will influence the performance and health of your motorcycle battery as over time. What is more, there are some factors which will influence the batter drainage, such as bad terminal, defective motorcycle battery, USB battery, or rectifier problem etc. Therefore, we suggest that don’t recharge via USB for too long when you don’t drive your motorcycle.
Here you can check the motorcycle battery performance via a voltmeter. For example, you connect the voltmeter to the battery when the engine stops running, and you will find that the reading is around 12.5V. But the reading will be around 13.1V when the engine runs. At this time, if you unplug the battery, the reading is no higher 0.1V compared with the battery connected. Then is there any ways to avoid battery drainage when connecting USB charger? Of course yes. Here we will tell you as follows.
1. We suggest that don’t connect the USB charger directly to the battery, you may use a relay switch instead.
2. Remember to check each time if there is any device such as motorcycle phone and charger which connects with your motorcycle.
3. You had better not to install a USB charging port on your motorcycle directly since it will wire it directly to the battery of motorcycle. The better way is that you may connect it via one of the switched 12v wires, which will have power when you turn on the ignition.