battery dead?
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From: perryville, mo
battery dead?
how long will it take for my battery to recharge using my battery tender? i left the damn lights on over night and its dead. should i go buy a charger if so what setting should i put it on to recharge the battery the fastest. its a brand new battery.
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it'd probably take overnight on a tender. i think it's only about a .5 amp charger. you can pick up a decent shumacher 2-6 amp for $50 or less at any parts store. i wouldn't suggest charging over 6 amps. even then, it'll take a couple hours. recharge to at least 12.4v for a full charge.
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A tender is not suppose to charge a battery, just 'maintain' it. I wouldn't suggest using it to bring a dead battery back up. If you do you'll notice how hot it gets. You can get a motorcycle battery charger (1 or 2 amps) fairly cheap.
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I did the same thing (50 amp charge for several hours on a dead OEM battery) with less than stellar results. The battery was smoking hot and bleeding hydrogen gas after 3 hours. Battery still doesn't work worth a crap. I wouldn't use the 50 amp setting for anything other than a quick boost to get it started. I get the impression that the results could have been much worse, especially considering that the battery was still in the bike...
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I always say if 2 amps is good, 200amps has to be a whole lot better. Makes sense, right.
I have one of the best. Charges and maintains and has a 10 year warranty. This is the fastest shipping company I've ever dealt with and it's free. Don't know how they do it but I order today and UPS delivers tomorrow. They also sell the jr model which I heard is just as good @ about half the price.
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I have one of the best. Charges and maintains and has a 10 year warranty. This is the fastest shipping company I've ever dealt with and it's free. Don't know how they do it but I order today and UPS delivers tomorrow. They also sell the jr model which I heard is just as good @ about half the price.
http://www.easternperformance.com/pr...rcycle-%26-Car
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i have 2 chargers, a Schumacher and a sears. both are auto and have 2 amp 10 amp. i was thinking of getting a trickle charger but i wont go more than 4 days without riding. at 3 years my battery was showing signs of getting old. i change it with wal-mart battery for the price and the availability if i needed a new one. next time i will go back to harley as the post are OEM for harley. my post are on top and was pain to connect. i gave $6 for the Schumacher at garage sale.
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