Using battery tender thru winter
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Using battery tender thru winter
Hi all, just looking for some input. Bikes put away for the off season and generally I leave the tender on 24/7 until April. This time Im storing 3 bikes and wondering if there is any reason I couldnt/shouldnt put the tenders on a timer to operate once per week for 24 hours. If it makes a diff we are below freezing here for 4ish months, although car batteries are fine sitting idle for long periods without tenders.
just curious if its necessary to run them 24/7 as Ive done previously.
thanks I hate winter!
just curious if its necessary to run them 24/7 as Ive done previously.
thanks I hate winter!
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Hi all, just looking for some input. Bikes put away for the off season and generally I leave the tender on 24/7 until April. This time Im storing 3 bikes and wondering if there is any reason I couldnt/shouldnt put the tenders on a timer to operate once per week for 24 hours. If it makes a diff we are below freezing here for 4ish months, although car batteries are fine sitting idle for long periods without tenders.
just curious if its necessary to run them 24/7 as Ive done previously.
thanks I hate winter!
just curious if its necessary to run them 24/7 as Ive done previously.
thanks I hate winter!
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I would think in that maintenance level there is always current flowing. I guess thatss what I question. Whether its of any benefit running constantly or letting it minimally discharge for 6 days and then have the tender bring it back up. Prolly overthinking it but Im a cheap Canuck trying to save a few bucks on hydro over the winter ..
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They are quality tenders and I understand they self monitor, as in charge the battery to full then ramp down to a maintenance level.
I would think in that maintenance level there is always current flowing. I guess thatss what I question. Whether its of any benefit running constantly or letting it minimally discharge for 6 days and then have the tender bring it back up. Prolly overthinking it but Im a cheap Canuck trying to save a few bucks on hydro over the winter ..
I would think in that maintenance level there is always current flowing. I guess thatss what I question. Whether its of any benefit running constantly or letting it minimally discharge for 6 days and then have the tender bring it back up. Prolly overthinking it but Im a cheap Canuck trying to save a few bucks on hydro over the winter ..
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yup, thats the plan. And thats what Ive always done with mine. Just this time Im plugging 3 bikes in and being a cheapass! Looks like power use is pretty minimal.
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They are all plugged into a power bar that is plugged into a wi-fi timer. The plan was to set the timer to come on once a week for 24 hours rather than 24/7. I thought it might save money on unnecessary power usage
.turns out that was a lie
power use apparently is not significant so plan to run it full time.