Electrical problem?Starter?Solenoid?

[Chris P]

Just read up on my battery tender, through some technical jargon i basically got that the new battery should be on the tender/charger for about 48hrs. Good looking out jsandidge

[Steve]

Don't know for sure, but I thought a tender was just for maintaining a charge. Don't you need an actual charger to set-up a new battery?

No, virtually all of the "tenders" available today are just sophisticated chargers.

They will charge the battery at anything from 0.7 to 1.5 amps (depending on the model), then, as the battery approaches full charge, will hold a set voltage and taper off the amps. When the battery has reached full charge, it will shut off, but keep monitoring battery voltage. If the battery loses enough voltage, it will turn back on to top off the battery.

Even the best of "automatic" chargers will only taper off the charge, but not stop it completely, so they can boil a battery dry by over-charging it.

With a manual charger, over-charging is pretty much guaranteed, if you leave it on there long enough.

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[mike10]

My 2 cents

If the battery is good and solenoid clicks seem like just poor or dirty connection some where.