Battery Tender?

[Ericthejet]

Hey,
A bit new to the area and find myself in search of a battery tender. I would prefer the fully-auto version that you plug in and it does it's thing on it's own.

I'm not too sure where to purchase one around here.
Any advice is appreciated and I live in Bellows Falls VT.

Thanks,

Eric

[jgsxr1]

any mc dealer

[greenmonster]

Get yourself a Schumacher battery charger. (Model# SE-1-12S) I recently picked up one at Advanced Auto. $30. Plug it in and forget it.
SE-1-12S - 1.5 amp Battery Charger Sheesh! They want $40!

[Ericthejet]

Thanks.
I'll try advance auto parts.

[butcher bergs]

FWIW, any 2amp charger should do the trick.

Just disconnect the battery when you trickle charge.

I use a selectable 2/ 10/ 50 amp and have yet to see an issue.

My .02

[loridin64]

Batterytender.com - Home of All Your Charging Needs

[dankatz]

2amp I think is too much for tender, it is more like a charging current for our MC batteries. Buy the battery tender jr., I think they are available on amazon for like $30 (make sure you get th right voltage - most MC have a 12V battery). To maintain your battery you just need a trickle charge of 0.75A, but you also need it to be smart and stop charging when the battery is full. I also have a 2/10/50A battery CHARGER with the 50A being enough to jump start the bike or car (picked up at Sears on sale for $40). But, I only use it at 2A for about an hour if I happened to not have ridden my bike for a month and it is very cold outside. An MC battery should not be charged at more than 2A. I don't have a garage - given the choice, if I had a garage, I would stick a tenderer on it and keep it on continuously as it is supposed to really prolong the battery life.
Dani

[loridin64]

This is what i use: Batterytender.com - Home of All Your Charging Needs Battery Tender PLUS! - 12V @ 1.25A

since i modded my undertail for exhaust, i had to move my battery (Yuasa YTZ7S), so its in the front underneath my oil filter. I hard wired the connection so i dont have to take off the plastics to get the tender on there.
I leave it on there constantly during the winter, even though its in my basement.
If its charging, the light will be red, once its 80%, the red light flashes, and once its 100% the green lights up.
never had a problem with Battery Tender Brand. Plus they have a great warranty

[Kurlon]

Note, Battery Tenders and some other MC specific chargers run at a higher voltage, which is needed for many of the maintenance free batteries in modern bikes. Car based chargers won't fully charge these batteries as they run the voltage too low.

[MotoFreak]

Advanced Auto or any MC store, Battery Tender Jr...works like a charm...just make sure you disconnect the Batt from the bike