battery tender or trickle charger?? By krylon80 (Read 677 times)

[krylon80]

Hey all,

So I need to get a battery tender/trickle charger for my scoot battery. Are those two terms for the same thing, used interchangably, or are they different things?

How do I figure out which one I should get for my scoot?

Thanks,

[alleyoop]

You want this one the 12v tender:
Alleyoop

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[tomcat]

Yup, that's what you want. I keep one attached to my scoot battery 365 days a year, takes 2 seconds to connect/disconnect using the included adapter.
Amazon also has them, for $23, with free shipping if you spend 35 bucks, or free 2-day shipping if you sign up for Amazon Prime 30 day trial. Cancel Prime within 30 days & you got free 2-day shipping.  Which is exactly what I did.
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[bobf]

Just what I have and always left it connected between rides - until I got a surprise away from home. Now I occasionally leave it unconnected for a few days to see if the battery is still good.

What happened after about 3 years of always being connected was a 3 mile run to the post office. When I came out the battery was dead. Fortunately a guy in a pick up was next to me and he helped jump my scoot with his battery so I could get home.

Now I have intervals of boost or none. I hope this will tell me something if the battery is beginning to fail, before I get caught away from home again.
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[krylon80]

excellent. thanks. i already have Amazon Prime so i'm good to go!

[scot]

I had a dl 650 for 3 years ,they told me to take the battery out unless running it often ,an said best way to take care of these batteries ,it to bring it inside an every 2months give it trickle charge,i did that with every toy I ever had 6 or 8 different batteries an never had a problem ,the hot an cold weather are no good for a battery ,unless keeping at same temps ,I would never keep one on charge all the time ,tenders are great for using every few months ,then I have hear of unhooking + side an doing same thing ever 2 month or month ,give it a slow 18 hours charge ,the cheap batteries in the china products I would think want last as long ,I plan to upgrade to 10a these are a 7,i guess in most caes ,the jap tech said most impotent was keeping it at same temp in the house 10 degrees one way or the other ,an to not for get to slow charge it ,an nevr a problem ,with the ones that come with these ,I would not trust it more then the first year ,but I am may be wrong to ,over charging ,can be the worst for a battery ,an sitting to long ,with my car un unhook + side an it sits for 4 months hook it up in spring allways fires right up ,