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deltran battery tender jr
09/13/10 at 12:16:00

I was thinking of putting my deltran battery tender junior,connected to the big crank battery on the bike on a timer for the winter for a couple of hours once a week in the garage,I really don't want to leave it plugged in all the time . My question is, while the timer has the current off, and the tender is still connected to the battery ,will there be current somehow drained from the battery? Thanks!

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6056 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #1 - 09/13/10 at 12:54:24 i think you can run battery tenders all the time 24/7
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #2 - 09/13/10 at 14:07:03 If you use a battery tender your battery want last as long,Use a battery charger once Half way threw the winter and your battery will last a lot longer,Tender burns up the battery.
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daedalus YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 17 W.Mass Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #3 - 09/13/10 at 16:13:57 Isn't that what a float charger is for?
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Re: deltran battery tender jr
Reply #4 - 09/13/10 at 16:23:42

All the battery tenders are designed to be left connected all the time. I have batteries that are over 10 yrs old and still load test almost perfect, and only because it is on a float charger all the time.
Batteries last unbelievable lengths of time if left on a float charger such as the battery tenders.

But if for some reason you don't want to use it as it was designed for, then don't.

To answer your question, I don't know.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #5 - 09/13/10 at 16:31:48 From Bill's post above, I don't know if he is senile, or doesn't have the foggiest idea what a float charger is, and is possibly thinking of the old "trickle" chargers which really will burn up a battery, but it is up to you if you want to believe any part of it
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #6 - 09/13/10 at 16:32:35 Routy what kind of a battery do you have in your S40
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #7 - 09/13/10 at 16:38:18 As far as I know, it is the original. But it was weak when I got it a year or more ago, and only serves me well yet because I leave it on a float charger much of the time. bill67 wrote on 09/13/10 at 16:32:35: Routy what kind of a battery do you have in your S40
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #8 - 09/13/10 at 16:39:10 I used the deltran last winter...it worked great. I didn't leave it on all the time, just used the quick connect jumpers they supply with it and would charge it overnight a few times a week....stock battery as far as I know...
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #9 - 09/13/10 at 16:44:53 I normally charge mine once half way throught the winter,But last year for the fun of it I went 4 months without doing anything it started right up, 06 with the battery that came in it.
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lukeduck Full Member Offline "Come to terms with the ass that bears you" Posts: 166 Ontario, Ca. Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #10 - 09/13/10 at 16:52:09 Best solution: don't buy a battery tender-save the money and move to So Cal where you can ride all year long-usually in beautiful weather(we also need more tax payers) -Ride safe, far, and often-Luke
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #11 - 09/14/10 at 05:40:51 Use whatever you want to use, however you want to use it. You'll never get a concensus about batteries, battery chargers, battery tenders, trickle chargers etc, around here. Personally, I would pick one, and follow the manufacturer's instructions.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #12 - 09/14/10 at 06:14:26 I find the battery charger on the bike works best.
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Re: deltran battery tender jr
Reply #13 - 09/14/10 at 06:27:00

Hey Bill,
I agree w/ that !......providing you ride often enough, and long enough to replace the juice that you took out from starting it.

The problem can come mostly in cold weather,.....
we want to ride, so we fire it up, roar off, and after 20 minutes or so, enough of this BS freezing cold, so we come back and park it,.........
never knowing that we didn't come close to replacing the juice that it took to start it,...especially in cold weather. So, every time we do this, the battery slowly becomes more discharged, w/o us even knowing it till all of a sudden one day it doesn't start. We then in turn think that the battery all of a sudden went bad, when in reality it was just slowly being discharged.
Not a problem ??? Just charge it up and we're ready for another week or 3 of "battery torture" !
Right, ....except the fact still remains that anytime a battery is less than FULL charged, it is slowly sulfating, and will show up in battery longivity.
It has been proven that if a battery stayed fully charged 100% of its life, it could last anything less than forever.....so to speak.

It is for this very reason why float chargers have become so popular, and really do increase battery longivity in such situations.

bill67 wrote on 09/14/10 at 06:14:26:

I find the battery charger on the bike works best.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: deltran battery tender jr Reply #14 - 09/16/10 at 08:50:49 Just in case anybody is interested ,I called deltran ,and they told me the tender jr. does not have any reverse current when the ac power source is removed ,so I'm going to put the charger on a timer this winter to charge a few hours once a week .
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