2 amp vs trickle charge dead battery
#1
2 amp vs trickle charge dead battery
Any real difference?
Looks like the trickle charge ( battery Tender JR) is .75 amps and could take 40 hours....which kinda sucks
Any issue with using car charger on 2 amp to speed it up a bit?
I'm thinkin not
Looks like the trickle charge ( battery Tender JR) is .75 amps and could take 40 hours....which kinda sucks
Any issue with using car charger on 2 amp to speed it up a bit?
I'm thinkin not
Last edited by Jonny Rotten; 04-08-2019 at 05:03 PM.
#2
Any real difference?
Looks like the trickle charge ( battery Tender JR) is .75 amps and could take 40 hours....which kinda sucks
Any issue with using car charger on 2 amp to speed it up a bit?
I'm thinkin not
Looks like the trickle charge ( battery Tender JR) is .75 amps and could take 40 hours....which kinda sucks
Any issue with using car charger on 2 amp to speed it up a bit?
I'm thinkin not
Last edited by kculp; 04-08-2019 at 05:38 PM.
#3
12.8 = fully charged
12.6 = 75% charged
12.3 = 50% charged (Lot of new modern cars with system protection will not even click at this point but will have good headlight beams showing)
12.0 =25% charged
When you start getting below 12 volts DC, the battery is pretty bad off. and probably will never come back 100%. If it is below 3 volts, most maintenance chargers will probably not come on.
If you just hook a meter to them, they show nothing.
A maintenance tender is a charger with solid-state control. Depending on the size of the battery, there are 3 ranges. Harley calls them tenders. Bell calls them Chargers.
Take it out of the bike. Hit it with the 2 AMP couple hours. Then overnight on maintenance or until you get the green light. Then take it and have it load tested with their tester set to correct CCA and see what you have.
12.6 = 75% charged
12.3 = 50% charged (Lot of new modern cars with system protection will not even click at this point but will have good headlight beams showing)
12.0 =25% charged
When you start getting below 12 volts DC, the battery is pretty bad off. and probably will never come back 100%. If it is below 3 volts, most maintenance chargers will probably not come on.
If you just hook a meter to them, they show nothing.
A maintenance tender is a charger with solid-state control. Depending on the size of the battery, there are 3 ranges. Harley calls them tenders. Bell calls them Chargers.
Take it out of the bike. Hit it with the 2 AMP couple hours. Then overnight on maintenance or until you get the green light. Then take it and have it load tested with their tester set to correct CCA and see what you have.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; 04-08-2019 at 05:50 PM.
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When the battery is totally dead it's good to hit them with a higher voltage until they start to take current. On older timer based or cheaper chargers, you simply turn the charge rate up until you start to see current flow then back off to a few amps. Make sure the battery does not get too hot.
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