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Re: deltran battery tender jr
Reply #15 -
09/16/10 at 17:28:03
Hey, that makes good sense, because that way instead of the charger only running 100% of the time, you have a timer running 100% of the time, plus the charge running part of the time,....
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09/16/10 at 18:06:21
Somehow,maybee it's my imagination,it seems safer to have the timer running ,rather than the charger all the time.
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09/17/10 at 07:05:47
Not always, but most times it is safer to use stuff as it was designed to be used.
Your charger is a 2 stage charger. Once charged, it will drop down to float voltage (13.4 max) and stay there, during which time it will use very little if any water.
Running any multistage charger for short periods of time on a timer, could cause it to spend most.....if not all of its time at higher voltages, possibly causing more water usage, especially in warm weather.
If for some unknown reason I thought I had to run a timer, I'd prefer to run it on a single stage float charger such as the 1 amp from Harbor Freight.
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09/17/10 at 12:21:50
You're probably right,about the battery tender jr..I also got the harbor freight one, but when the ac current is removed from it ,the light stays on,which I think means it is draining the battery.
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09/19/10 at 06:29:00
If you're not socked in on snow or ice, ride it! No timers except what you can stand and great for winter blues. I'm good for 40 miles at 40 degrees. I know that's pitiful, but it's still riding. I have a float charger still new in the box, but I never got around to hooking it up. And I don't ride if there is a chance of ice.
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10/19/10 at 20:01:00
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on 09/17/10 at 07:05:47:
.....If for some unknown reason I thought I had to run a timer, I'd prefer to run it on a single stage float charger such as the 1 amp from Harbor Freight.
That's what I do - hook my cheapo, 1 amp battery chargers up to a timer.
I do it for all five of my bikes (I don't own a cage). I don't really trust "smart" battery chargers, so I do it this way. My setup uses a digital timer and it cuts all 5 battery chargers on for 40 minutes every night.
Actually, the Savage (being my "daily rider") gets a "smart" charger, but it's still downstream of the timer and therefore is activated for only 40 minutes/day.
Everything is mounted to the ceiling to reduce clutter.
The sheet metal you see up there is to mitigate any possible (but unlikely) fire hazard.
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10/22/10 at 07:05:57
I've tried my float charger ,for a while with and without the timer . Without the timer ,the charger is constantly on and warm which is normal, but bothers me a little . With the timer ,the charger blinks green for 15 minutes when it first goes on ,then turns green . I'm running it for an hour a day . It seems ,it can't really do much harm to run it this way ,and also safer.
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10/22/10 at 08:53:48
You remind me of my long departed mother,.....thought if she left a light on while she was gone it could burn the house down. And I guess she was right, it could !
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