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Message started by rl153 on 10/22/09 at 15:19:10

Title: battery maintenance
Post by rl153 on 10/22/09 at 15:19:10

I hooked up a 1 amp charger on a timer to my battery and set it to go on for an hour every day .Is there any reason not to do this? Thanks

Title: Re: battery maintenance
Post by Oldfeller on 10/22/09 at 19:45:36

Nope. If you aren't doing anything with the bike 15 minutes once a day would be plenty of recharge time at 1 amp. All you are doing is topping off one day's worth of discharge which is minuscule.

Title: Re: battery maintenance
Post by Routy on 10/23/09 at 03:58:21

An hr a day could cause you to have to add water more often. Like was said, 15 minutes a day is more than enough.
Do your battery a favor and buy a 1-2 amp maintainer/float charger, about 20 bucks at WM, or about 7.95 at Harbor frieght. These can be left connected 24/365.

If you have more money to spend, "battery Minder"...or "Tender" has a model that goes into a high voltage "desulfation" mode every so often, and has been known to add much life to even an already sulfated battery.