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#140767 03/15/2007 11:29 PM
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Was thinking about getting one of those tinny battery chargers that mount right on your battery. Has any one installed these puppies and with what success, or failure, with them.


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khatt #140768 03/16/2007 3:57 PM
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Khatt, I went with a Battery Tender Junior for a couple of reasons:
Numero Uno is the fact that they have a great reputation for being "easy" on the battery. Won't cook it or overcharge it.
Numero Two-o was because it came with a pigtail that you connect to the battery and then stash the connector end behind the right side plastic cover.
Very easy to pop the cover off, connect the wires and leave it be.
Do you have a picture or link to the one you are looking at?


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TonyG #140769 03/16/2007 6:39 PM
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Just a comment...went 2 years without a problem and when i started using my BlackNDecker $25 battery tender last fall and plugging it in whilst my bike rested in the garage my battery went bad. Coincidence? A cheap charger?


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TonyG #140770 03/16/2007 6:54 PM
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Don't know how or don't remember how to do the link thing but I know Brent has one at his site at newspeedmaster.com for around sixty dollors.


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Just a comment...went 2 years without a problem and when i started using my BlackNDecker $25 battery tender last fall and plugging it in whilst my bike rested in the garage my battery went bad. Coincidence? A cheap charger?



I don't think you can tell. With two years of unattended winters at the onset, you have no way of how that may have affected the life cycle. The aforementioned Battery Tender (Trade name by Deltran (sp.?), I believe) is said to have the ability to NOT over charge and somehow 'cycle' charge the battery. How effectively-who knows... I don't know if your B&D unit has that same functionality. Some chargers, regardless of output, just provide continuous charging. That's supposidly not good.

As a side, I use, and have always used the Deltran unit (the Water Proof model) and have experienced what I'd call premature battery failure. Seems my failed battery had an internal short and went belly up in less than a year. The second unit has faired better. I'll say no more because its like spitting up in the air - And I don't want to buy one again soon.


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khatt #140772 03/19/2007 8:27 AM
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Well it's done. After some more digging I made a decision to get a battery tender. I went with Brents and got the oil temperature gage as well.


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khatt #140773 03/19/2007 8:59 AM
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Khatt, I don't think you can go wrong with Brent's Charge-X unit.
It is the "smart" technology type that will not cook your battery.
Good Choice!


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