battery tender issues

[oldyam80sg]

OK several questions-how long does a battery tender plus last?mine i have had it for about 4 years and it is hooked up to my Yamaha battery and red light blinks goes to green quickly and back to red-same voltage for the past 2 hours-no change-9.82 volts and no lights whatsoever at that voltage when it was in the bike.And wanted to ride it today.Red to positive black to negative so i know it is hooked up right.

[XS1100_OEM4ME]

Sounds like the battery has a dieing cell, that is how the tender worked om my bike when the battery was shot

OK several questions-how long does a battery tender plus last?mine i have had it for about 4 years and it is hooked up to my Yamaha battery and red light blinks goes to green quickly and back to red-same voltage for the past 2 hours-no change-9.82 volts and no lights whatsoever at that voltage when it was in the bike.And wanted to ride it today.Red to positive black to negative so i know it is hooked up right.

[oldyam80sg]

Ok its from Walmart and it is hit or miss with them.Have money just need good battery.

[motoman]

Ok its from Walmart and it is hit or miss with them.Have money just need good battery.
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..........and battery tenders are NOT your battery's friend...........but obviously the marketing has millions convinced otherwise............

[TopCatGr58]

Also, a battery that low should be attempted to be first charged with a regular full strength charger device, and then once it's up to normal full charge, then the tender could be used. But yep, sounds like a dead cell, but you could get lucky. I have a tender, but I rarely use it, I prefer to connect my regular 2 amp trickle smart charger to the battery once a month or so during the winter. My garage isn't climate controlled, and I really should remove the battery from the bike and store it inside the house/closet, cold isn't good for the battery either! Of course, I would put it back out in the garage for actual charging, but then put it back in the house to keep nice and warm and cozy!

T.C.

[motoman]

My garage isn't climate controlled, and I really should remove the battery from the bike and store it inside the house/closet, cold isn't good for the battery either.///////////////"shelving" a wet cell batteryhas MORE negative effect than the cold..........wet cell batteries like to be 'used'...........

[natemoen]

Ok, here is thought. Anyone ever added their MC battery to their cage during the off months? I have more than enough room in my engine compartment to strap my scoot battery in there and wire it in like a diesel engine with 2 batteries.

[jwhughes3]

I dont think so nate

If you are talking about running in series, that should only be done on batteries of same capacity.

If setup in parallel, you need an auxiliary battery isolator to get it to charge properly.

John

[XS1100_OEM4ME]

Cycle

Just cycle it once in a while during storage Turn you bike to park for 10 min., then slow charge it with a low amp charger. Twice a season in the winter and it will last a long time

[cywelchjr]

Ok its from Walmart and it is hit or miss with them.Have money just need good battery.
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..........and battery tenders are NOT your battery's friend...........but obviously the marketing has millions convinced otherwise............

If I have a battery that is not in use, I hook up my smart charger/tender about once a month for about 24 hours. I don't however keep it hooked up any longer than that. I've had good luck with that method over the last few years. On the bike since it pretty much never sits more than about 3 days, I've not hooked up the charger/tender in over a year, even though I have the pigtail hooked up for that purpose in case it's needed.

[cywelchjr]

Ok, here is thought. Anyone ever added their MC battery to their cage during the off months? I have more than enough room in my engine compartment to strap my scoot battery in there and wire it in like a diesel engine with 2 batteries.

The problem would be that the cars charging system would tend to charge the bike battery faster than is good for it and would tend to cook the battery.

[oldyam80sg]

We had crappy weather since Hurricane Irene in N.J. and normally i keep it in my Moms garage during the riding season,however she had her garage floor sealed and it sat in my storage unit.I almost chopped off my finger at work in September and have not ridden since.I dont have a battery charger but will borrow one from my boss at work.

[Cobia]

Another thought...

I hooked up one of those smart battery chargers to a deep cycle batt that I use for a trolling motor. The thing came back with a "bad battery/replace" message. I suspected something was wrong since the batt wasn't that old. An inspection of the batt revealed that a couple of the cells were low on water. I filled them all up, re-connected the charger, and all was well. The batt charged up and is in use again.
I also did this with a wallyworld MC batt that sat around for a year and a half after a couple of years of use. Charged up, and have been running it in my G for a year now.
SO..... make sure your cells are full before attempting to charge or analyze.
Make sure you use only distilled water to top them off, anything else will cause deterioration of the batt.

[fredintoon]

My garage isn't climate controlled, and I really should remove the battery from the bike and store it inside the house/closet, cold isn't good for the battery either.///////////////"shelving" a wet cell batteryhas MORE negative effect than the cold..........wet cell batteries like to be 'used'...........

Hi Brant,
I was told that one should make sure the battery is fully charged then wrap it in plastic and put it outside in a snowbank until spring.
Never had the bottle to try it.
And why should a battery tender not be your friend?

[natemoen]

Hi Brant,
I was told that one should make sure the battery is fully charged then wrap it in plastic and put it outside in a snowbank until spring.
Never had the bottle to try it.
And why should a battery tender not be your friend?

Freezing a wet cell battery is a good and quick way to destroy a battery!