RT dead as a door nail

[2Gunns]

I've been traveling with work for the last two weeks and was looking forward to my first free Spyder weekend...... I went out this morning to find my RT DEAD. Turn the key and nothing....not a ding, not a light...not any sign of life. To my shame, I did not leave it on the tender and even worse I found that I left a something plugged into my frunk 12v outlet.

I've had it on the tender all morning now and still nothing. Someone please tell me she will live ! Read in the manual about jump starting, is that a good option?

 

[ARtraveler]

It might take a couple of days to get the battery recharged if it went down to zero.

Experts will come on with better information I am sure.

I do not know for sure if you "killed" the battery or not by letting it go down that far.

I don't think jump starting attempts would be good--I am for gradual recharge.

You might do some replacement checking out, just in case though.

 

[boborgera]

I've been traveling with work for the last two weeks and was looking forward to my first free Spyder weekend...... I went out this morning to find my RT DEAD. Turn the key and nothing....not a ding, not a light...not any sign of life. To my shame, I did not leave it on the tender and even worse I found that I left a something plugged into my frunk 12v outlet.

I've had it on the tender all morning now and still nothing. Someone please tell me she will live ! Read in the manual about jump starting, is that a good option?

Sometimes a tender [low amp] won't start charging a COMPLEATY dead battery, Jump start it then after you get a little charge back in the battery , Then put the tender on. Hope this helps.

 

[marvin24]

It seems that a battery tender should be a option from BRP lol

 

[dancogan]

The tender might bring it back. But if you see no signs of life after leaving it on charge for 12-24 hours, I would connect a 5-10 amp charger to the battery leads under the seat for an hour or two and see if that does the trick.

 

[Barbary]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

just go buy a new battery and replace the old one... crank her up and go ryding... :trike:

 

[DougB]

The OEM batteries are junk.

 

[Gordy]

check your battery cables to make sure that they are not loose

 

[2Gunns]

FYI: You can recharge a completly dead battery....it just takes a really long time. The Ole' girl is back up and kicking.

 

[boborgera]

FYI: You can recharge a completly dead battery....it just takes a really long time. The Ole' girl is back up and kicking.

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