Battery tenders?
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I havea battery tender, worked great last winter for storage, i removed the battery and brought it inside and hooked it up all winter, No problems, My question is could you use a single tender in series to 2 separate batteries.
I am thinking as long as both batteries are charged and newerthe battery tender can just send it's "trickle" then it wouldn't cause much ofa problem? I only see a problem if one of the batteries is older and doesn't hold the charge and would cause the tender to go into charge mode more often than it should? opinions?
I am thinking as long as both batteries are charged and newerthe battery tender can just send it's "trickle" then it wouldn't cause much ofa problem? I only see a problem if one of the batteries is older and doesn't hold the charge and would cause the tender to go into charge mode more often than it should? opinions?
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You could but the batteries must be connected in parallel,be the samevoltage (#ofcells), same type (cell chemistry)and be more or less fully charged. Capacities don't need to be the same. I've got a 26AH and a 4AH that have been sharing the same charger for 3 years. They just sit there happy as clams at 13.2 volts day after day.
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I havea battery tender, worked great last winter for storage, i removed the battery and brought it inside and hooked it up all winter, No problems, My question is could you use a single tender in series to 2 separate batteries.
I am thinking as long as both batteries are charged and newerthe battery tender can just send it's "trickle" then it wouldn't cause much ofa problem? I only see a problem if one of the batteries is older and doesn't hold the charge and would cause the tender to go into charge mode more often than it should? opinions?
I havea battery tender, worked great last winter for storage, i removed the battery and brought it inside and hooked it up all winter, No problems, My question is could you use a single tender in series to 2 separate batteries.
I am thinking as long as both batteries are charged and newerthe battery tender can just send it's "trickle" then it wouldn't cause much ofa problem? I only see a problem if one of the batteries is older and doesn't hold the charge and would cause the tender to go into charge mode more often than it should? opinions?
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Here is a link to Battery Tender's website. The cost is $119.99.
http://batterytender.com/product_inf...fbcd0d8b587e61
http://batterytender.com/product_inf...fbcd0d8b587e61
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