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The first thing you must do is make sure the battery is in good working condition.
Fully charge the battery and have it load tested.
If there were a chafed wire touching ground it would cause the circuit breaker to trip, you would hear it clicking.
Only when the battery tender is turned on? Doesn`t happen when turned off (still connected)?
Gday Dan. Correct. It only happens when the tender is turned on, yet I've checked, checked again and rechecked to make sure the insulation from the tender to the battery is in good order and that the tender is connected correctly.
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