Rushmore jump starting... ?
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Road Captain
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Rushmore jump starting... ?
Just being curios.
The HD battery tender comes with extra attachments, one being cables with hot and ground clips that plug into the bikes harness sans the tender.
Could you and would you jump another fellow on the road with them? And or could they jump you this way?
The HD battery tender comes with extra attachments, one being cables with hot and ground clips that plug into the bikes harness sans the tender.
Could you and would you jump another fellow on the road with them? And or could they jump you this way?
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This is what I carry with me:
http://www.motocrossgiant.com/Produc...AV_xoC8wTw_wcB
Shop around I paid about 120 or so 8 months ago.
http://www.motocrossgiant.com/Produc...AV_xoC8wTw_wcB
Shop around I paid about 120 or so 8 months ago.
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Road Captain
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I may have been confusing in the OP, what I'm talking about is plugging into the harness with the accessory aligator clips on the end to jump with, either their bike or mine. Not sure how this goes.
The HD tender is compact enough I will probably bring it with me on long trips. Just wondering about using the wired accessory plugged into my bike and usng the clips to help start another bike.
The HD tender is compact enough I will probably bring it with me on long trips. Just wondering about using the wired accessory plugged into my bike and usng the clips to help start another bike.
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The pig tail on your bike should be fused and that fuse will not carry a jump start either way.
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I may have been confusing in the OP, what I'm talking about is plugging into the harness with the accessory aligator clips on the end to jump with, either their bike or mine. Not sure how this goes.
The HD tender is compact enough I will probably bring it with me on long trips. Just wondering about using the wired accessory plugged into my bike and usng the clips to help start another bike.
The HD tender is compact enough I will probably bring it with me on long trips. Just wondering about using the wired accessory plugged into my bike and usng the clips to help start another bike.
B. The inline fuse on the old bikes would not handle the amperage draw of a jump.
C. The new bikes harness does not hard wire directly to the battery, but rather through the canbus system. Admittedly, I do not know enough about it to say more than that.
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A. I would be diligent an ensuring which wire is hot, and which is negative. If I'm not mistaken, the alligator clips are designed to go on YOUR battery, and thus plugged into the tender, which, if you plug them into the hard wired harness on your bike would, in effect, reverse polarity.
B. The inline fuse on the old bikes would not handle the amperage draw of a jump.
C. The new bikes harness does not hard wire directly to the battery, but rather through the canbus system. Admittedly, I do not know enough about it to say more than that.
B. The inline fuse on the old bikes would not handle the amperage draw of a jump.
C. The new bikes harness does not hard wire directly to the battery, but rather through the canbus system. Admittedly, I do not know enough about it to say more than that.
If jumping from a 2014 and up you would be trying to Jump the bike through the 50 amp Main and 20 amp P&A fuse.
If you are just trying to charge another bike with a weak battery and realized the polarity it may work as long as the draw is less than 20A.
