Question on a Battery Tender pigtail

Hello Spyder riders. I am coming back to the herd as of tomorrow. I previously owned a 2014 RT Limited and kept my battery charged with the old swap the fuse method with the pigtail connection plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in the rear trunk,

Tomorrow I will be picking up a new to me 2020 RT Limited and I want to set up the fuse swap maintenance for the battery on it. I do not know what connections are in the rear trunk of the 2020 at this point.

Do any of you do this on your 2020 or newer Spyder? It seems that I read somewhere that BRP quit putting the cigarette lighter connector in the newer version of Spyders. If so, how do you establish a pigtail connection through the rear trunk.

Any information that you could share would be appreciated.

Bill

Safest way to attach the charger is directly to the battery using an SAE (2-pin flat) connector in the frunk.

probably already there mine was

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Originally Posted by RayBJ

Safest way to attach the charger is directly to the battery using an SAE (2-pin flat) connector in the frunk.

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The dealer added a connector for my battery charger directly from the Frunk mounted battery in my 2020 RT LTD. After I got it home, I added a similar connector for a "cigar lighter" plug. I use the Cigar plug for my TomTom GPS and the battery charger plug for the charger.

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Originally Posted by obiwanbill

The dealer added a connector for my battery charger directly from the Frunk mounted battery in my 2020 RT LTD. After I got it home, I added a similar connector for a "cigar lighter" plug. I use the Cigar plug for my TomTom GPS and the battery charger plug for the charger.

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All good Tips. Pig tail to the battery posts is my #1 choice.
Make sure what ever you decide, use a fuse link. ......... : )

I dont know about the later models but on my 17rtl I picked up my positive, always hot lead right at the alternator. It is easy to access and within 15 inches of the left side grill which is where I put my own homemade pair of relays and fuse box. My relays run my very loud horn and my wifes heated clothing and also bring power in from a battery tender.

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Originally Posted by Little Blue

All good Tips. Pig tail to the battery posts is my #1 choice.
Make sure what ever you decide, use a fuse link. ......... : )

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fuse link built into the 2 pigtails from the manufacturers of the pigs

Hi Bill,

I decided to mount a charge plug (still need to find an inconspicuous space on my 2 RTL) - see here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I Guys

On directly on the battery is the best :agree:

FlyBoy2121