Loss of Voltage, Battery on Charger

[cowboyup3371]

Thank you Tom, George, and others. I already pulled my daughter's battery off of the maintainer and will probably use hers until the summer (She's not riding now until then due to her grades, but that's another matter). I remembered seeing a comment about the type of maintainer to use when I bought my first motobatt last year but I foolishly believed they were the same. I'm going to make a better effort to re-read the article and then pick up the correct one before going too much further.

Scott

[tkent02]

The one you have is fine, just don't leave it hooked up.
Use it like a charger, not like a maintainer.
A few hours every week or so is fine.

[Dogma]

Regarding the use of a battery tender in Ohio, I would say not to bother. My AGM has always survived the winter well, and only rarely needs help starting the bike in the spring. Either a jump from a car (not-running, of course) or an evening on the charger in anticipation of a ride was plenty. One of mine has seen some abuse too. The battery presently in my 850 has been in continuous service since 2008 at the latest. It's been dead flat a couple times (in the 1000G at RRR) and overcharged by a non-regulating R/R (getting Brett's 700 ES home from BC (The Year of the Cro-Magnon)). I have no doubt I could take the 850 out for a ride today.

Hang on, that's a good idea.