Sports: Re: [DucatiST] Battery Tender Junior

Hmmmm. That's interesting. My experience has been just the opposite; I leave my battery tender constantly connected to the battery in my motorcycle and neither the Battery Tender or the battery has ever failed in nearly four years of use. In fact, it's the original battery that came with the bike. I may have just jinxed myself here...

Bob

Little Elm, Texas

From: bigshankhank <bigshankhank@yahoo.com>
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 3:27:26 PM
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] Battery Tender Junior

I can attest to this shortening the life of a good battery. Bought a Panasonic LC-X1220P for my 95 900SS/CR back in November '08. I live in Florida, never terribly cold. Well as I ride my ST3 on a near daily basis, the supersport stays on the stand with the battery tender hooked up. I ride it probably once a month (it was abused by its PO thus I am slowly refreshing it bit by bit), tried to fire it up two weeks ago and the battery is dead. That bike has seen less than 1000 miles since I installed that battery just over two years ago. The OEM battery in my '04ST3 still has not died (knock on wood).
Heed this wisdom! Use the tender sparingly!

Tyler in Florida
2004 ST3
1995 900SS/CR

--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, Jack Ward <jaxn51@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry I wasn't clear Bill. The battery life is affected, not the Tender.
>
> In flooded cell types they can boil the battery dry. In sealed units they
> can shorten battery life too. I have personally seen it happen with the
> older flooded cell types and Yuasa sealed batteries as well. Both Yuasa and
> Ducati recommend you only use the Tender in the manner I suggested, but do
> whatever makes you comfy. YMMV
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:11 PM, wwahl <wwahl@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > What difference does it make to leave it hooked up? I leave these things,
> > or similar Yuasa devices, hooked up to various boats and bikes whenever they
> > are not in use. Some of these tenders are well over ten years old and
> > function just fine.
> >
> > --- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com <st2_owners%40yahoogroups.com>, Jack
> > Ward <jaxn51@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, but it's important to note that leaving it hooked up for an extended
> > > period of time, tends to reduce overall its lifespan. Hook it up once a
> > > month for no more than a day and you're golden. Any more than that is a
> > > waste of time.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Reed Kyrk <reed.kyrk@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This charger says it works for Lead-Acid, Sealed Lead-Acid, and gel
> > > > batteries. Charges at 12.6 and stops at 14.4. Can one unit be okay for
> > > > both Lead-acid and gel?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Reed Kyrk in Sunny NJ
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
> --
> Jack Ward
> '00 ST4 Ducati (New Street)
> '00 ST2 Ducati (Street)
> '97 748 Ducati (Race) WSMC #383, AHRMA #283
> '92 750ss Ducati (Restoration Project)
> '63 H-D Panhead (Old Ratbike)
> Now in Woodstock, GA, USA
>