Battery charging

[debbiepalamar]

Hubby drained my battery listening to the radio. It's been on a tender for almost 24 hours and still won't start. What's the best way to charge it? Yes, I know he was stupid to do this, but I need to know how to fix it.

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[debbiepalamar]

2015 RT

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[JKMSPYDER]

Battery

See if it can be jump started from your 4 wheel vehicle with jumper cables. If you try this do not start the car! Just hookup the cables, wait a few minutes and then try to start your Spyder. If that doesn't work it may be time for a new battery.

 

[debbiepalamar]

I hope the battery isn't bad. I just bought the bike new in February and it only has 3000 miles on it.

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[JKMSPYDER]

I think jump starting with your car will work. Try it and let us know.

 

[SpyderSteveFL]

I had this happen the other night while I had bike on but not running. Battery drained down to 11.4 volts which is a full discharge. Bought a Battery Tender brand charger/tender at Walmart. Plugged it in around 9pm and by 10am is started fine. The one I used was a 1.25amp charger. The strength of the charger will dictate the charging time. The battery is around a 22ah battery. You should have at least 80% charge to start. Depending on strength of your charger and how depleted battery was it could take a while. If battery went to < 3v it's probably bad. If you do jump start it you need to ride it for a while for battery to recharge. If you jump it and go a short distance and shut bike off it likely won't start again.

 

[Chupaca]

Here's the thing....

Battery tenders will not charge a dead battery. You need a regular charger or charge it from the engine. As mentioned above you can jump start it from a car but with the engine off. Then take a nice long ryde without turning it off. Battery should be fine.....:thumbup:

 

[Gray Ghost]

Battery tenders are great for maintaining a charge, but once it gets below that level, a good battery charger is needed. I have a Genius, believe the model is 3500 that will also desulfate a battery. It has brought back a battery that was so badly discharged that I had to hook it to another battery just to get the charger to recognize it at first.

 

[jerpinoy]

Check out Cosco stores car jumper around $50 plus.

 

[pegasus1300]

if your battey is discharged and you jump start it then drive it to charge you will not be able to return it to more then 80% capacity. If you leave it like this it will shorten the life of your battery and work your charging system too much. Get a proper charger and and charge it fully. Then you can maintain it with riding or the tender.

 

[Bensonoid]

Like spydersteve said the more expensive battery tender maintainer/charger will charge a battery. The less expensive battery tender junior is just a maintainer.

 

[DrewNJ]

The Jr will charge, its just a lower output so it takes longer.

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[debbiepalamar]

Thanks for all of your help! We found out that the battery tender had a blown fuse. We hooked up a battery charger and carefully watched it. Got it fully charged and the bike started.

 

[happyspyder2039]

Hubby drained my battery listening to the radio. It's been on a tender for almost 24 hours and still won't start. What's the best way to charge it? Yes, I know he was stupid to do this, but I need to know how to fix it.

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Its actually not too stupid. Its actually a good thing as batteries develop a memory if left on a charger or kept fully charged all the time. The best thing to do is find a good 5 stage charger/tender to use instead of just a trickle charger type. I have a extreme brand purchased off amazon.

 

[Bob Denman]

Thanks for all of your help! We found out that the battery tender had a blown fuse. We hooked up a battery charger and carefully watched it. Got it fully charged and the bike started.

Thanks for letting us know how it worked out! :thumbup: