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From: Canada Flats
Yes , That is your connection to your battery tender , also you can use it to plug in a heated jacket , phone charger etc , if you have one .
Looks as though you have two separate plugs , could be that each passenger had their own plug in for a heated jacket etc . The little black " box's " on the wiring are the fuse box's for each plug , check those for 7.5 amp fuses .
Looks as though you have two separate plugs , could be that each passenger had their own plug in for a heated jacket etc . The little black " box's " on the wiring are the fuse box's for each plug , check those for 7.5 amp fuses .
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From: Canada Flats
15amp doesn't make sense to me , most battery tenders run a 7.5 amp fuse . I have 2 plugs running on mine for a phone charger and heated jacket , both are 7.5amp . I can't think of anything that would need a 15amp fuse in this case .
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2019
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From: Richmond TX
That's a nice battery tender you've bought. Many of the tenders don't put out enough to bring back an undercharged battery, so you might still need to take it out and get it charged somewhere unless you also own a charger. Also, when not running you should look for 12.6 volts from your battery, or at least very close to it. If you're down at 12 volts you are still under-charged, something like only 25%. Here's a good reference on batteries. It's for boats but there's good info here for us.
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
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Joined: Sep 2009
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From: UK Staffs
That's a nice battery tender you've bought. Many of the tenders don't put out enough to bring back an undercharged battery, so you might still need to take it out and get it charged somewhere unless you also own a charger. Also, when not running you should look for 12.6 volts from your battery, or at least very close to it. If you're down at 12 volts you are still under-charged, something like only 25%. Here's a good reference on batteries. It's for boats but there's good info here for us.
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
That's a nice battery tender you've bought. Many of the tenders don't put out enough to bring back an undercharged battery, so you might still need to take it out and get it charged somewhere unless you also own a charger. Also, when not running you should look for 12.6 volts from your battery, or at least very close to it. If you're down at 12 volts you are still under-charged, something like only 25%. Here's a good reference on batteries. It's for boats but there's good info here for us.
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
https://www.emarineinc.com/Marine-Ba...aintenance-101
Does a 12 hourly test to make sure it’s holding voltage etc.
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will keep it trickle charging regularly if all goes well.
Intermediate
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From: UK Staffs
All you need to do then is just plug it in and forget about it.
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You did not have to take the battery out. Your two dangly leads from the battery are what the Optimate plugs into. There should have been a new lead with the optimate so remove the other two and fit the new one and leave it dangling under the side of the seat.
All you need to do then is just plug it in and forget about it.
All you need to do then is just plug it in and forget about it.
i thought that was the case but for first charge I thought I’d take it out and use the clips - for some reason it feels better 😂
when I last looked it had a good charge and was green light on the tests. 👍
