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trickle charger maintainer
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Hoginedgewood
Member
What's the voltage reading? Im thinking like 12.8 is a good charge. Go for a good ride, at least an hour, Disconnect from the bike to make sure you don't have parasitic load. Charge it all night. You can take it to an auto parts store and have it load tested since you disconnected it and charged it all night.
dont have a meter, thought it strange neither of my 3 maintainers got the green light, including the new one i bought just for the spyder, will disconnect it later after i ride it, and put it on a regular charger, and see what happens..
Why don't you name the chargers you're using so we have a better idea of what you are talking about?
Mikey
Well-known member
I know it's a new bike, but if all your connections are tight and clean and you have your chargers bolted tight to the terminals, just for giggles slid by a parts store and have your battery load tested!!! Just for giggles, you never know! Or you have some thing on that bike that is drawing enough power to not let your chargers get to it's happy place! Maybe if it's possible unhook your neg terminal off the bike, that will cut the power to the bike, then hook your maintainer up and let it cook, If it goes to float mode then, you'll know there's a draw on the system! Let us know what you find!!
Little Blue
SpyderLovers Ambassador
Battery Tender
I see you have the same 'Battery Tender' as I have for my Spyder. If your battery is more than 4 years old it may have a problem. My battery is new and the Tender goes to float mode within an hour. The old battery was taking about 5 or 6 hours. .......:thumbup:
I see you have the same 'Battery Tender' as I have for my Spyder. If your battery is more than 4 years old it may have a problem. My battery is new and the Tender goes to float mode within an hour. The old battery was taking about 5 or 6 hours. .......:thumbup:Battery Tender Plus 1.25 amp
BLACK+DECKER BM3B 1.5 amp
Battery Tender Junior 0.75 amp
I've used the Battery Tender Junior on each of my bikes for years to maintain the batteries during long and short storage periods. They work very well for that purpose. Ditto the Battery Tender Plus on my travel trailer battery.
But they are both primarily 'maintainers', and not designed to help recover a depleted battery. Also note their maximum charge current, particularly the 'Junior' is insufficient to overcome even a small parasitic draw.
How do you connect the battery maintainer to the battery? Do you use clamps? Or do you use the ring terminal pigtails that come with the Battery Tenders?
Snoking1127
Well-known member
I have the Black and Decker one and it works fine. My 3-4 year old battery is getting weak, however always goes to green light when plugged it. I was going to wait until fall to replace the battery when we returned from the summer up North and took the Spyder out of storage. Then my wife's health has us staying in Arizona, so I am going to pull the battery and have it tested today.
Hoginedgewood
Member
He said it’s a 2020, so I doubt the battery is 4 years old
And you've double checked where the ring terminals are connected to the battery posts for a clean, tight connection?
yes all tight,,spyder was sitting on showroom floor for over a yr. before i bought it..im gonna put a regular charger on it this weekend, and see what happens.
Well, I'm thinking if it's able to start the engine, the battery should have enough of a charge. Maybe it gets up to a little over 12v, but not up to the voltage at which the maintainers switch into float mode. Strange.
Maybe something like this is needed to 'recondition the battery https://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-SC1359-Automatic-Battery-Maintainer/dp/B0789697JT
Snoking1127
Well-known member
Battery tested fine at Batteries+ today, so it is back in the Spyder, and ready for a ramp test tomorrow on the 6x12 Primo trailer I am looking at to buy. Going to mount a 4x2x2' diamond plate box in the front of the trailer, and maybe an A-Frame box on the tongue. I want to be able to use the trailer to haul other "stuff"!
Ramp is a bi-fold ramp.
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the problem with mine was the battery, totally dead saturday morning, since it was new it would never reach full charge with trickle charger, and i tried a few of them,, called dealer they warrenty me a new one, and now it reaches full charge over night with trickle charger, so the battery that came in it, had problems from the start..
Motogordo
New member
Sept 28, 2021
I just purchased a new 2021 F3LTD. When I got home I put it on the charger from my 2021 S2S but the indicator light remained yellow and never turned to green. What is the problem ? I will check with the dealer tomorrow. It starts right up.
Motogordo Spyderman
Delanco, New Jersey
I just purchased a new 2021 F3LTD. When I got home I put it on the charger from my 2021 S2S but the indicator light remained yellow and never turned to green. What is the problem ? I will check with the dealer tomorrow. It starts right up.
Motogordo Spyderman
Delanco, New Jersey
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