Battery Tender Question
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Road Captain
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From: Georgia
I ordered a Battery Tender Jr. this morning. Should have it by Thursday. Looks like it will plug right in to the pigtail under the side cover. Thanks for all the input.
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Road Captain
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From: Georgia
Battery tenders are a good thing. They are meant for maintaining a battery when it is not in use for prolonged periods. You should not be having a problem if your riding the bike most every weekend. If you are, I would check for a draw (discharge) and address the problem instead of covering it up. JMO
Road Warrior
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a lot of guys are rerouting that pigtail so they wont have to take the saddle bag off to open the cover to pull out the plug to charge the bike. Then put it back neatly in the space and put on the cover and put the saddle bag back on. phew! Got tired just talking about it.
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Road Captain
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From: Georgia
a lot of guys are rerouting that pigtail so they wont have to take the saddle bag off to open the cover to pull out the plug to charge the bike. Then put it back neatly in the space and put on the cover and put the saddle bag back on. phew! Got tired just talking about it.
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From: Prior Lake, MN
The plus is in a metal case, more like a standard charger, where the Jr. Is more like a transformer plug in a smaller plastic case.
Both do float charges, the Jr should serve fine.
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The plus had a higher current output, can't remember exactly, maybe 1.25 or 1.5 max amps, where the Jr is .75.
The plus is in a metal case, more like a standard charger, where the Jr. Is more like a transformer plug in a smaller plastic case.
Both do float charges, the Jr should serve fine.
The plus is in a metal case, more like a standard charger, where the Jr. Is more like a transformer plug in a smaller plastic case.
Both do float charges, the Jr should serve fine.
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I have the same one on my 15 SGS and also have one on my polaris sportsman atv. Have run them for a few years and they work great!
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The rides I have been managing to get in lately have only been about 30-45 minutes at a time. Usually only once on the weekends and sometimes every other weekend lately. I don't think anything is really drawing it down. It hasn't died completely, just hesitates for a second before turning over when trying to crank for the last couple of rides. I think its just the cold and lack of use. I'm going to check the connections and if it persists after putting on the tender, than of course, I'll address it further. Not trying to cover anything here.