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Old 03-28-2018, 07:55 PM
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Default Arghhh... battery tender piggy tail

Hi esteemed riders,

I foolishly disconnected the piggy tail that bolts onto the battery and connects it to the tender's cable; and now I don't remember which goes where. So I have two leads that could go to the battery's +ve terminal: one with a fuse attached to it and one without.

1. Which one goes to the +ve terminal of the battery?
2. And where does the other one go?

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Fused wire goes to the positive battery terminal, the other goes to the battery negative terminal or a good ground point.
 
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Fused wire goes to the positive battery terminal, the other goes to the battery negative terminal or a good ground point.
Done. All good and charging now... won't need to take the Buick to work tomorrow.
 
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Done. All good and charging now... won't need to take the Buick to work tomorrow.
Get a Shorai lithium battery and banish those pigtails and tender!

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Get a Shorai lithium battery and banish those pigtails and tender!

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The way I'm abusing my current battery, your suggestion might just happen sooner than you think, even if the current one is only 1+ year old
 
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Originally Posted by John Harper
Get a Shorai lithium battery and banish those pigtails and tender!

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It makes it so easy to plug in the electrics that I would end up with a pigtail anyway. USB port, too, but not often. First time w/o electrics today in a good while and it sure was nice.
 
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