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 Anyone ever back-fed their battery maintainer thru a USB port?
Has any one ever back fed their battery maintainer through a USB port?
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 02-01-2024 at 03:11 PM.
Reason: Expanded title to briefly ask the question... ;-)
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Most battery maintainers come with a pigtail that attaches to the battery. A lot of dealers install one and run it out into the frunk. Makes it easy to plug in with the frunk open.
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 Originally Posted by MarkN
Has any one ever back fed their battery maintainer through a USB port?
You mean feed the battery from the maintainer through a USB port on the Spyder. That can't be made to work at all. USB is 5 volts and the bike electrical is 12 volts. Plug your maintainer into a USB port and you'll burn up the USB adapter for sure.
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If you've added power ports for heated clothing, you can backfeed the battery charger through them if they're wired (and fused) direct to the battery.
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I never thought of any of this. Thank you
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USB ports supply 5V of electricity with a maximum current of 0.5A. Most trickle chargers are about 15v @ 2A. You're just going to melt the system down if you attempt this. Go with the pigtail that comes with most of these chargers, direct to the battery.
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FWIW we use the heated gear ASE cable.
Maybe that will help?
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I plug my battery maintainer in the back trunk cigarette lighter outlet...
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I have a cigarette lighter outlet mounted on my handlebar attachment bolts, wired straight to the battery. And I plug my battery maintainer into that.
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Last edited by Peter Aawen; 02-23-2024 at 05:30 PM.
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