Re: [ST] Battery Tender

["Eric Mann" <eric91z@xxxxxxxx>]

I wondered about that.  I have always used the negative post to attach the
other lead to, even when jumping a car with jump cables with no problems
ever.

Eric Mann
eric91z@xxxxxxxx
'91 Camaro Z28
'01 Blue ST
'95 Ford F150 4x4
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlin Jones" <marlinj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Battery Tender


>
> I think a standard battery tender only puts out an amp.  (The BT+ is (I
> think) 1.5 A.)  So 13 hours is just an input of 13 A-H into the
> battery.  I'd say it's not a good sign, but it may not mean too much
> either.  I'd say let it run a couple of days - you have nothing to lose.
>
> > 2) In the instructions it says to attach the negative/ground lead to
part of
> > the frame or grounded part of the engine.  Not a problem on the car, but
> > what about on the bike?  Where do you guys attach the negative/ground
lead
> > from the battery tender to the bike?
>
> They want you to connect the plus first, as with no ground connected up
> you can touch the frame, etc. and generally not cause a short.  They ask
> you to connect the ground up to the frame so that you complete the
> charging circuit at a place away from the battery.  This is because they
> are concerned that the connection may cause a spark, and if you battery
> had outgassed a lot of hydrogen from previous charging, then you might
> have a "bad event".
>
> Given that the BT is low current, doesn't spark in my experience (you
> can short the cables with no bad effect), bike batteries are small with
> commensurate lesser outgassing volumes, I don't heavily charge the
> battery before connecting it up again, and my flair for life :-), I just
> hook the bloody thing up to the battery's gound terminal.  YMMV, but
> I've been doing this for the last 30 yrs or so...
>
> mj
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Eric Mann
> > eric91z@xxxxxxxx
> > '91 Camaro Z28
> > '01 Blue ST
> > '95 Ford F150 4x4
> >
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