Battery Tender; How does it work?
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Battery Tender; How does it work?
I hate having to take off my seat and trickle charge my battery, so I am looking into these Deltran Battery Tender's. I'm just wondering if anyone has them, and how do they work? Is there a long lead that I just run from the positive terminal so I can sort of "plug it in" when I am done riding???
TIA - Sean
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Re: Battery Tender; How does it work? (RebornGSR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RebornGSR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why do you need to charge your battery after every ride?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats what Im thinking. If you're battery is losing its charge that fast get a new one, if its not your battery then you're bike has some major problems besides that.
Thats what Im thinking. If you're battery is losing its charge that fast get a new one, if its not your battery then you're bike has some major problems besides that.
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Re: Battery Tender; How does it work? (RebornGSR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RebornGSR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why do you need to charge your battery after every ride?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Just answer the mans question
I got one of those tenders. Really good for winter storage and times when you are not riding for a couple weeks.
Basically you connect a ground and negative wire to your battery terminals and plug the female plug into the male. You can hide the plug under your seat somewhere so you don't have to disconnect the cables everytime you want to tend your battery.
It is an extremely slow charger and isn't meant to really charge the battery.. rather it holds the charge that you already have on the battery. You can leave it on as long as you want, it wont ever overcharge and make your battery leak.
Definitely worth the 30 bucks I spent
Just answer the mans question
I got one of those tenders. Really good for winter storage and times when you are not riding for a couple weeks.
Basically you connect a ground and negative wire to your battery terminals and plug the female plug into the male. You can hide the plug under your seat somewhere so you don't have to disconnect the cables everytime you want to tend your battery.
It is an extremely slow charger and isn't meant to really charge the battery.. rather it holds the charge that you already have on the battery. You can leave it on as long as you want, it wont ever overcharge and make your battery leak.
Definitely worth the 30 bucks I spent
Re: Battery Tender; How does it work? (Reckless636)
i could be wrong but i think what it does is monitor the output of the battery and when it gets to a certain level it will start charging then shut off when it reaches full then when it goes back down it will repeat the process for as long as necesary and it is not harmful to the battery bc it does everything so slow.
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Re: Battery Tender; How does it work? (Reckless636)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Reckless636 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Just answer the mans question
I got one of those tenders. Really good for winter storage and times when you are not riding for a couple weeks.
Basically you connect a ground and negative wire to your battery terminals and plug the female plug into the male. You can hide the plug under your seat somewhere so you don't have to disconnect the cables everytime you want to tend your battery.
It is an extremely slow charger and isn't meant to really charge the battery.. rather it holds the charge that you already have on the battery. You can leave it on as long as you want, it wont ever overcharge and make your battery leak.
Definitely worth the 30 bucks I spent </TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly what this guy says. I ride a 954RR and it's cheap insurance to avoid buying a new $105 battery. I rid in North Dakota where it is 80degrees one day and 40degrees for the next 3 weeks.
So do you keep the brain of the unit on the bike somewhere? I guess I am still a little lost. You say "you connect a ground and a negative wire to your battery terminals" I'm assuming you mean ground and postive? from there do these 2 connection merge into one wire that can be pluged into?
Sean
Just answer the mans question
I got one of those tenders. Really good for winter storage and times when you are not riding for a couple weeks.
Basically you connect a ground and negative wire to your battery terminals and plug the female plug into the male. You can hide the plug under your seat somewhere so you don't have to disconnect the cables everytime you want to tend your battery.
It is an extremely slow charger and isn't meant to really charge the battery.. rather it holds the charge that you already have on the battery. You can leave it on as long as you want, it wont ever overcharge and make your battery leak.
Definitely worth the 30 bucks I spent
</TD></TR></TABLE>Exactly what this guy says. I ride a 954RR and it's cheap insurance to avoid buying a new $105 battery. I rid in North Dakota where it is 80degrees one day and 40degrees for the next 3 weeks.
So do you keep the brain of the unit on the bike somewhere? I guess I am still a little lost. You say "you connect a ground and a negative wire to your battery terminals" I'm assuming you mean ground and postive? from there do these 2 connection merge into one wire that can be pluged into?
Sean
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