Battery Chargers & Maintainers

Went into a Batteries Plus this morning. Got my Odyssey 925LMJ battery there.
I emailed Odyssey and asked them about charging batteries. They suggested that I only use their battery charger for maximum charging.
He said Odyssey battery charger started out at like 40 to 50 volts and dropped at it is charging, while it sensed the battery voltage. He don't stock them because he don't sell many.
But that is how you want to charge a battery. A lot of voltage at once then taper it back as it charges.
Why not a car battery charger. You can use it. But you have to be careful, it will out out too much voltage too long and boil the battery dry and kill it, not to mention burning it up.

Talked with the main dude at Batteries Plus.
I asked him about the schumaker motorcycle charger I have been using.
He said that is really just a battery maintainer for a battery that is already charged. ON the output it only puts out like 1 amp. That is not enough to charge the battery. And if you use a car charger. You have to know good calulations or you will burn a motorcycle or smaller battery up.

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Asked him about a Battery tender Jr. He said its a excellent battery maintainer. But it also puts out like 1 amp. It ain't gonna charge a battery
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Then I asked him about the Battery Tender Plus
He said its a good battery maintainer. But it only puts out, 1.25 amp and goes into float mode like the battery tender JR which puts out not quiet a amp.


Asked him about the Battery Tender Plus 5 A
He said this battery charger would put out enough amperage to charge the battery and go into float mode also and charge the battery.
When it comes out of float mode it would put 5 amps on the battery can sense the voltage and taper off till it gets to like 13 volts and go back into float mode.

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I got the 5 amp Battery Tender Plus.

I use my BT + in the Winter only once a week to maintain a good charge...

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I use a battery tender and switch off between 2 bikes and I take turns riding them in the winter. They usually only sit for a week maybe 2 when t is real cold. The newer bikes have so much electronic stuff on them you need to tend the battery even in the summer if they sit for very long.

A lot of the newer bikes has electronic stuff that draw off them. They have compters. more lights, radios, and we change things on them. WE put GPS units, radar decectors. and you name it.
For that reason along with proper maintenance, The charger I posted will charge the battery and maintain it also.
A battery tender jr is to maintain it. Not to charge it to a peak charge.

We suppose to git between 4-5 inchs of rain. Suppose to rain all day, tonite and tomorrow. Wind is suppose to be 40 mph or so.
And huge chances of Tornadoes.
You can bring yer candy A*s out and ride with Chucktx if you can git him out of the house.:gah:
I rode to the woodlands this morning to the dermatologists to have things cut and burned off my body and head. Staying out of the rain. Which we been getting plenty off
Mabe it didn't rain at Chucktx house.:roflmao:

If yer battery got to be charged, your shortening the life of yer battery. A battery tender is all you should ever need (provided you use the thing). You use it you won't lose it, You don't use it, you'll lose it. Everytime your battery goes near dead or dead, you leave more eltrolyte in the bottom of the case. You can never get all of the stuff back into suspension by charging. Best thing for long battery life is to always plug the tender in.

Don't think you are reading all the post.
People are putting more lights on their bikes. More electronics.
Stronger radio amps more speakers.
Like HRK said , if you run yer bike down the street and don't get the rpms up you don't charge yer battery.

REal hot and real cold weather is hard on yer battery.
They need to be maintained.
And they just ain't making batteries like they used to.
The charger I posted charges all types of batteries

Waterproof Power Tender Plus 12V @ 5A - Motorcycle - Products - Batterytender.com

Not to be a smart azz but I think the rep meant 40-50 amp not volt. As you add accesories the charging system needs to handle the load. A battery is only a storage unit to start the bike and buffer the electric system like a shock dampens bumps in the road. A larger capacity battery gives us a fudge factor for higher compression and accesories but also a strain on charging systems to maintain voltage in a higher cca battery. A good battery will usually check at 12.1-12.25 after setting for a week or so if there is no draw on the system, a good battery tender should match the cca of the battery.

Well I'm talkin to other folks that has them on and they just replaced their batteries.

I talked with a head dude that runs a Batteries Plus. Guess he works with batteries everyday.
I'm gonna take his advise and do like he said.
Which is there is a battery charger and there is a Battery Maintainer. Unless you one designed to do BOTh and it needs to put more than a couple amps in when you start it up.

Bonjour, If what CB says isn't true it wouldn't be on the Internet,

or chains on the tires...:roflmao: