Battery tender jump start cable...
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Low amp fuse would blow on the tender plug. Most people jump to the starter and a ground. You could add a bigger cable to the battery, perhaps marine trolling motor hookup with a plug and clips. Several ideas in the boat sections of different stores.
BTW - there is a tender cable available fused at 15 amps, most are 7.5. Not a bad upgrade anyway, air compressors and other things often exceed 7.5 amps.
BTW - there is a tender cable available fused at 15 amps, most are 7.5. Not a bad upgrade anyway, air compressors and other things often exceed 7.5 amps.
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No for the reason given and that the wire would likely burn up if the fuse was bypassed.
Use real jumper cables if you need to but:
best practice is to chanrge the battery with a real charger at least 24 hours.
If the battery has not been holding a charge, replace it
should you jump with a car, your bike charging system may overload ( and burn up) trying to charge a dud battery.
If the battery has died in the bike, it may not be capable of taking and charge- and will stress the charging system-- fixing that is much more expensive.
Mike
Use real jumper cables if you need to but:
best practice is to chanrge the battery with a real charger at least 24 hours.
If the battery has not been holding a charge, replace it
should you jump with a car, your bike charging system may overload ( and burn up) trying to charge a dud battery.
If the battery has died in the bike, it may not be capable of taking and charge- and will stress the charging system-- fixing that is much more expensive.
Mike
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Thanks guys! That makes perfect sense.
The reason I was asking is because I just put an amp in my faring and I was concerned about killing the battery if I used the stereo to long without the bike started. So to aviod taking the seats of two bikes I was hoping to use the tender(s).
Thanks
The reason I was asking is because I just put an amp in my faring and I was concerned about killing the battery if I used the stereo to long without the bike started. So to aviod taking the seats of two bikes I was hoping to use the tender(s).
Thanks