battery tender/trickle carger

[LarBear4442]

Battery Tender

I installed a Battery Tender brand solar panel on my 18 ft Enclosed trailer for use while I have my RT in the trailer. It works great, I've never had a problem.

QUOTE=meathead1978;594269]i jsut purchased a 2012 rt limited leftover model

for most part i will be riding this daily however i was told this needs to be charged everyday now i have the tender built in i have no outlet where i park was thinkig of getting a solar trickle charger any thughts?

also i was told as long as i ride it everydayu the battery charge while riding my comute is 22 miles but the bike will sit for 12 hours while i work[/QUOTE]

 

[Chupaca]

Had enough..!!

:congrats: :agree: and will never hear the end of it. If ridden daily you do not have to trickle charge it. There you now got me to say it as well...now your tank you will have to fill regularly...:roflblack:

 

[boborgera]

I installed a Battery Tender brand solar panel on my 18 ft Enclosed trailer for use while I have my RT in the trailer. It works great, I've never had a problem.

QUOTE=meathead1978;594269]i jsut purchased a 2012 rt limited leftover model

for most part i will be riding this daily however i was told this needs to be charged everyday now i have the tender built in i have no outlet where i park was thinkig of getting a solar trickle charger any thughts?

also i was told as long as i ride it everydayu the battery charge while riding my comute is 22 miles but the bike will sit for 12 hours while i work

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And i bet they also told you the gas tank holds 6.6 gal.
See any other vehicles in the lot that are setting there with charging cords , I think not.
Just saying....

 

[mjw930]

All our toys (not daily drivers) sit on a 4 bank Battery Tender (the real thing from Deltran, not a copy) and have used them since '98. I have never replaced a battery that's regularly plugged into a tender and one of them is 8 years old.

It's an old habit I got into from 40 years of owning and maintaining boats for my dad and later me. A boat without an on-board charger is a recipe for a ruined weekend spend looking for a new battery or worse, getting towed back to port........