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Posted by:
Roscoe Dellinger
Monday, November 02, 2009
05:30 pm | Installed a Battery Tender on my trike today with the tender hooked up the VOLT gauge shows 14.4 volts is that good or not?
The RED light is still on on the tender it has not switched to green yet?
Roscoe and Sharon Dellinger
1998 White with a Champion Conversion
"Life be Good" |
Posted by:
Albert Schuman
Monday, November 02, 2009
05:59 pm | 14.4 is ok, how long it stays red depends on the last charge rate / time, has it been on a charger before? |
Posted by:
Michael Stone
Monday, November 02, 2009
06:02 pm | I appears that the Tender is charging the battery at 14.4 volts. Current is flowing into the battery. When it is fully charged, the current flow will cease and the green light will come on. |
Posted by:
John Howe
Monday, November 02, 2009
06:13 pm | What style battery tender do you have?
I have three different battery tender/maintainers and a red light means something different on each one.
On a Battery Tender Jr the red light means charging, That may explain why the volt meter reads 14.4. Do you still have the instructions for the unit? |
Posted by:
Thomas Jens
Monday, November 02, 2009
06:34 pm | MY BATTERY TENDER JR'S GO FROM RED(CHARGING) TO GREEN(CHARGED).
MY BATTERY TENDERS(1.5 AMP) GO FROM RED(NEEDS TO BE CHARGED) TO YELLOW(CHARGING) TO GREEN(CHARGED).
MY BIGGER BATTERY TENDERS HAVE GAUGES THAT SHOW LEVELS OF CHARGING.
T. A. JENS "THE PIZZA MAN"
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Posted by:
Albert Schuman
Monday, November 02, 2009
06:43 pm | My battery tender stays red until it`s charged the battery to the 80% level, then the red still is on but the green flashes until full charge is reached then the red goes off and the green is steady. |
Posted by:
Raymond Sykes
Monday, November 02, 2009
06:43 pm | It will eventually turn to a flashing green meaning it is charging the last 10% then a steady green meaning fully charged. It is very slow, but reads the batteries charge state automatically quite often. |
Posted by:
Newton Enloe
Monday, November 02, 2009
07:18 pm | I don't know why you would need to disconnect the negative cable from the bike. I have been using chargers and maintainers on my bikes forever and have never disconnected the cable. But, I can still learn something new if it can be explained. |
Posted by:
Jerry Powell
Monday, November 02, 2009
07:43 pm | It is meant to do a slow charge until it reaches a full charge, and then an intermittent charge.
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Posted by:
Thomas Jens
Monday, November 02, 2009
09:01 pm | NO NEED TO DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE CABLE.
IF YOU WANT TO DISCONNECT IT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DISCONNECT BOTH CABLES AND TAKE THE BATTERY IN THE HOUSE.
TENDERS ARE MEANT TO BE LEFT CONNECTED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A FULLY CHARGE BATTERY DURING THE BIKES LAY-UP PERIOD.
I HAVE USED THEM TO MAINTAIN MY BATTERIES ON MY TRIKE, SNOWMOBILES, BOAT, CARS, RIDING LAWN MOWER/SNOWBLOWER FOR YEARS.
T. A. JENS "THE PIZZA MAN"
HAVE A GREAT DAY AND A BETTER ONE TOMORROW !
06 WHITE GOLDWING CHAMPION TRIKE
07 BREEZE CARGO TRAILER
05 BUNKHOUSE CAMPER
GWRRA MEMBER SINCE 1990
COY WI-J 1995 |
Posted by:
Raymond Sykes
Monday, November 02, 2009
09:16 pm | A tender does indeed charge the battery, no need to disconnect the neg. leads. In fact it comes with a quick connect lead for permanent attachment to the battery on the bike so you can plug the tender to it every time you park the bike in the garage.
It will then monitor the battery with a slight maint. charge and top it off if needed, all automatically.
The only problem is if the battery is 100% dead it will not start to charge it as it cannot tell that it is connected to a battery, instead you get a flashing red LED meaning that it is not connected/bad battery, the battery must have at least a slight charge first for the tender to read before it charges it up. |
Posted by:
Roscoe Dellinger
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
07:07 am | Thanks for the advice guys will check the trike again this morning Battery had ran down I put a charger on it got it started went for about a 60 mile ride and then put the tender on it.
Supposed to be 60 here today with SUNSHINE might be forced to ride again today
Roscoe and Sharon Dellinger
1998 White with a Champion Conversion
"Life be Good" |
