Dead battery with Battery Tender By bobf (Read 2,863 times)

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I take the battery out for winter store it in house ,keep it in shade in summer to much heat to much cold ,like someone said I don't use tender I am thinking about buying one ,an only using it after using a lot of the exTras we hook up to these scooters like cell phone ,radio ,security camera ,if you can think about it you can run a lot of thing off these ,otherwise I would not use tender ,,now in winter slow charge it every 2 months ,an start the bike every 2 weeks .only takes few minutes to take out an put back in.like said in other thread ,I think tenders are good for the xtras ,,otherwise ,yes I plan to run a power inverter .so after that USE I COULD SLOW OR TRICKLE CHARGE,BUT TO KEEP BATTERY ON TERDER YEAR ROUND ,I HEAR MORE STORIES OF THEM DIEING SOONER ,ALOT HAVEING TO DO WITH TEMP CHANGES ,BYE BRINGING IT IN THE HOUSE IN WINTER IT STAYS AT SAME TEMPS,AN SUMMER I AM ALLWAY CAREFUL TO PARK IN SHADE,EXTREME TEMPS DONT SEEM TO HELP,BUT SCOOTER FOR THOS THAT MAY HAVE Hard time understandingWHAT DO I KNOW ,OTHER THEN I HAVE NOT HAD A DEAD BATTERY IN YEARS ACTUAALY I HEAR THE HEAT IS WORCE THEN COLD AS LONG AS YOU UNHOOK + SIDE ,THE VOLTS ,I DONT WORRY ABOUT THAT ,GENERALY YOU CAN TELL WHEN a BATTERY HAS HAD IT ,IF IT DIES EVERY FEW MONTHS OR WONT HOLD A CHARGE ,OR APEEARS TO AN AFTER DAYS DEAD THEN TIME FOR NEW ONE CARS ,WELL I HAD A DEAD BATTERY IN BOTH CARS THIS YEAR BUT THEY WERE DO ONE WAS 7 YEAS OLD THE OTHER 5 ,SO IT WAS TIME ,THE ONE WITH 7 FOR 2 YEAR I WOULD GIVE IT 18 HOUR SLOW CHARGE JUST BEFORE WINTER AN KEPT IT GOING FOR 2 MORE YEARS,ADDED WATER ,THEN WHEN IT ACTED UP IN SUMMER IT WAS TIME