Battery Tender?

[Deanna777]

Hello all,
Since this is our first bike.... ever a 2019 RTL can someone point me in the right direction to a GOOD battery tender?

Also, There appears to be a plugin of some kind behind the left front tire.....I was told it was for a tender.... but I'm not 100% sure....can someone confirm that for me?

Thanks in advance,
P.W.

I use a Deltran Battery Tender Jr. It is a 12 V/750 mA Switches automatically from Charge to Float.

I have had the Deltran Battery Tender Jr since 2012( i used it on my first spyder, 2012 RTS-SE5),. I currently use on my current spyder( 2014RTS-SE6).

Deanna

 

[Baron14y]

I have the plug dangling between zippered liner/ next to the battery. Inside the frunk. I have a 2014 RTS-SE6.

Deanna

i have the same setup in my 2015 RTL I keep the battery maintainer plugged in to it in the frunk and when I get home in the garage, I open the frunk, pull out the battery maintainer and plug it into the wall plug. Eezy peezy.:clap:

 

[FINFAN3DP]

Here is a picture of my battery tender with the cigarette lighter adapter plugged into my Lamonster PowerPlate: Simply plug it in and you are good to go. Don't have to open the frunk or anything.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I use a cigarette lighter adapter and plug my maintainer into the power outlet in the rear trunk. No pigtail needed!

 

[Sarge707]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/BLACK-D...VTj0MCh2ETgAGEAQYAyABEgJgA_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I have 2- As good or better than any. 2 amps is better because it can also charge a New Battery when needed and waterproof and automatic maintainance. Just use something if you want your battery to last?

 

[george123]

I installed this weather proof power plate from Lamonster:

http://www.lamonstergarage.com/search.php?search_query=Power plate&section=product





I wired it straight to the battery. It gives me 5v USB or 12v cigarette outlet to power a phone, gps, radar detector, or whatever. When not riding use the male cigarette plug that comes with some maintainers, to plug the maintainer into your 12v outlet. That way you don’t need to leave the frunk open or the seat up to get to the plug for the maintainer.

 

[Spyderrage]

Battery tender cord location

I put my cord out by the front wheel on my spyder, if it's in your frunk you can't close the lid completely when plugged in and you can't get get right to it, plus I didn't want to have my cord between the plastic and weather seal to wear on the cord . Weather doesn,t hurt the plug at all and again a lot easier to get at with no cord drapping over your paint job . I have two snowmobiles with batteries in the rear and the cords are out in the open on them , factory installed.

 

[M109Dreamer]

I have this one. Its been on sale at Costco lately for $40 and its 3 amps.

https://www.costco.com/Battery-Tender-Power-Plus-3-Amp-Charger.product.100241973.html

 

[Tenic]

Now if you really want to go cheap. https://www.harborfreight.com/automatic-battery-float-charger-42292.html.
Won't charge a dead battery. But will top one off.

That's what I use. Had it for about a year. Seems to work well. I have Lamonster cell phone mount with cigarette lighter plug. I wired to directly to the battery and I just plug into it when I pull into the garage.

 

[PMK]

I use this on an airplane too. They know their batteries!

Not sure which aircraft and batteries you have.

A few years ago, one of the aircraft I maintained was notorious for having batteries, the pink ones, fail just a few months outside of warranty. The aircraft I am mentioning utilized two 12v batteries, wired in series to supply 24volts. Ultimately, after replacing 4 batteries within 5 years, and a couple of missed flights, I did some homework to make things better.

Having had good luck with Concorde batteries in the past, I spoke with their engineers. They made suggestions of which batteries to install AND suggested using a Battery Minder brand maintainer. Ironically, the battery manufacturer went into detail about how the Battery Minder is superior to other battery maintainers.

In regards to the aircraft, with Concorde Batteries installed, and the Battery Minder utilized whenever the aircraft was not in use, the aircraft had over 4 years on the Concorde Batteries and more life in them when it was sold.

I have utilized the same process for the Spyder. I use a Battery Minder brand maintainer, Model 1500, which has desulfation circuitry. The Battery Minder is connected via the rear trunk power port after each ride. I just replaced our original battery in the Spyder. It could have gone a bit longer, but was making the starter lazy. The oem battery would have been 6 years old in January for us. Not sure how long it was at BRP waiting to be installed, so likely pretty close to 6 years of use.

FWIW, since the Battery Minder 1500 is smart enough to charge or maintain, I installed the new Yuasa Battery onto the Battery Minder prior to installing it into the Spyder. Accomplished voltage checks prior to charging and after charging to ensure proper voltage. Like before, after each ride, it gets put on the maintainer.