Surge Protector w/Battery Tender?

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Feb 23, 2010 | 01:10 PM

Mystic

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Surge Protector w/Battery Tender?

I have my bikes hooked up to a Battery Tender 24/7 when I am not riding. I know that the tender has a fuse in the line between the plug and the battery but I was wondering if this is enough to protect my bikes from lighting? My house has been struck directly twice from lighting in the past four years. Once a direct hit to the chimney that got just about everything in my house. I know that some electronics aren't supposed to be connected to a surge protector and I was wondering if you would connect a battery tender to one.

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Mystic

Feb 23, 2010 | 06:02 PM

DeluxeHog05

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I don't know if you are supposed to, but I have mine plugged into a surge protector.

Feb 24, 2010 | 05:41 AM

Hooker 6

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Good idea, can't hurt

Feb 24, 2010 | 07:02 AM

Bugsplat

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I have got mine plugged into a surge protector - it's good insurance.

Feb 24, 2010 | 07:10 AM

tk353

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unplug during the storm. anytime there is a circuit it can go there

Feb 24, 2010 | 07:26 AM

Rakthi

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Originally Posted by tk353

unplug during the storm. anytime there is a circuit it can go there

+1 on that, no simple surge protector is going to protect you from damage of a direct lightning strike.

Feb 24, 2010 | 09:20 AM

OceanTwo

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Originally Posted by Rakthi

+1 on that, no simple surge protector is going to protect you from damage of a direct lightning strike.

+2

However, surge protectors are pretty cheap. While it won't necessarily protect from a direct lightning strike, it can protect electrical equipment from a surge generated by a lightning strike (or any other issue) which interferes with power distribution elsewhere.