Any options for cordless battery tender?

[Radthorne]

I have my 2011 RT in a house garage now, with a battery tender hooked up thru the trunk outlet to keep it charged up and happy. However, I may have to relocate to an apartment and park it in the common parking garage, where there are no wall outlets. Are there any options for a (for lack of a better term) battery-powered battery tender? Or is that not feasible/possible for doing a trickle charge on a Spyder battery? Obviously the tender itself would need periodic recharging, but I can bring it inside the apartment and do that; not so with Mr. Spyder.

Thoughts/comments/head scratching reactions all welcome. Thank you!

 

[kyspyder]

If you do a Google or Bing search for solar battery charger you will find literally hundreds of options and prices are available.



KYSPYDER

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Although the feasibility of it may rest upon the location of your parking spot within the bowels of the building... :shocked:

 

[jthornton]

You could take it out for a ride once and a while...

JT

 

[wyliec]

Radguy,

This is what I did until I got caught. I live in an apartment complex and I pay for a garage. There are actually 4 stalls per each garage area and there are no wall outlets. The garage door openers, however, each have a plug and a receptacle connection near the ceiling. I purchased a combination plug/with multiple receptacles from home depot and installed it between the plug and receptacle already there; then, plugged my tender in. Over the winter I would plug in the tender for a couple of days and then remove it for a couple of weeks. As far as I know it costs pennies a day for maintaing the spyder battery.

That being said, I got caught and called to the manager's office. He said there was a glitch in the electrical bill for the garage area, which the complex pays for. I said if there was a glitch and the electrical bill went up, it certainly wasn't from my tender. In any case, whether it was true or not, I stopped using the tender.

 

[captblack]

Best way to keep the battery charged is to ride - daily or every few. Good for what ails you as well

 

[wyliec]

Best way to keep the battery charged is to ride - daily or every few. Good for what ails you as well

That would be nice; but, some of us don't ride in snow.

 

[jthornton]

That would be nice; but, some of us don't ride in snow.

There's no challenge in only riding in fair weather... I've been caught on the Seward Hwy in a white out on my Honda 50. Snow didn't stop me... it sure was easier to pull the C110 out of a ditch than today's motorcycles.

JT

 

[Bob Denman]

Wylie,
What type of lilghting was in the garage stall?
Could you swap in a couple of those super low-wattage LED Bulbs?
They'd probably save more than what the Tender uses... :2thumbs:
I Hung a couple of them out behind my office for nighttime lighting...
Even at this time of year when they're on the least amount of time; they're saving me about $10 per Month!

 

[Radthorne]

Yep, basement garage for me, so solar not an option. What Rattigan_Roger displayed is a decent option (thank you, sir!), at least for getting the bike to turn over if the battery's gone a bit flat. The ideal thing would be something like that which was a trickle charger rather than a jump starter, small like that to fit in the trunk, and which could be plugged into the outlet back there (so I could keep it closed in the trunk). Then take it out and re-charge it every few days or so. This being for the winter storage, yes, since during summer it won't be sitting still long enough to need a recharge from said unit.

 

[elixermixer]

Depends if your parking for the "winter" and won't get on it in a few months pull the battery and charge on your tender in your home and install when the season rolls around again. Other than that with a healthy battery you should be fine leaving it and going for rides when you do.

 

[BajaRon]

Here is what you need. Get you 1/2 hour of PT every day and take care of the battery at the same time!

 

[prmurat]

When I was in your position, I had a wire coming from my car, at night, to my bike.... Using the car during the day so the battery was charged and plug in the bike at night it helped to keep its battery in top condition...

 

[BajaRon]

Ok, here is another angle...

 

[Wiredux]

Here is what you need. Get you 1/2 hour of PT every day and take care of the battery at the same time!

Where can I get one?

 

[quickster47]

I'd buy one of these and put it in the frunk in case you need it.
It's small and not real heavy
I have one and it's great.

I also have one of these and it is great. Excellent to have around for all types of uses.

Carl

 

[ARCTIC]

Yep, basement garage for me, so solar not an option. What Rattigan_Roger displayed is a decent option (thank you, sir!), at least for getting the bike to turn over if the battery's gone a bit flat. The ideal thing would be something like that which was a trickle charger rather than a jump starter, small like that to fit in the trunk, and which could be plugged into the outlet back there (so I could keep it closed in the trunk). Then take it out and re-charge it every few days or so. This being for the winter storage, yes, since during summer it won't be sitting still long enough to need a recharge from said unit.

Take the battery out of the bike for the winter and keep it somewhere that you have access to electricity