I was attemping to access my battery to charge it, when I found this two prong type plug attached to the battery cables, but nothing else(not pluged into anything). Any idea what this is? I figured it is either for charging the battery or electrical accesories? If it is used for charging that would be make life a little easier. I saw a charger sold by HD that seems to have the corresponding plug. Any help is appreciated, Thanks

 

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Sounds like a pigtail for a Battery Tender. You can find the as cheap as ~$20.00 at Walmart. Just be sure it's labeled Battery Tender" or "Float Charger".

The pigtails are usually fused at 2-3 amps so you cant plug a higher amp charger into it without blowing the fuse. If your battery is stone dead a tender may not put out enough amps to bring it back up. If that's the case, you will need to use a 6 - 10 amp charger and attach it manually to the positive battery post and any convenient ground point.

 

Sounds like the plug for a battery tender (or trickle charger).

 

Never use a "Trickle Charger" on your MC battery. While they do a slow charge like a Tender / Float charger, a Trickle charger will cook your battery if left on to long.

 

I don't think there's anything wrong with using a trickle charger for 6 to 8 hours, if that's all you have. Better than a dead battery.

 

Nothing wrong with it unless you forget to disconnect it on time. That's a good way to turn a good battery into a junk battery.

There are a lot of people that don't know the difference between the 2 types of chargers. That's why I try to make sure that the forum readers are aware of differences and that using a Trickle charger for routine battery maintenance is a bad idea.

 

Nothing wrong with educating forum members, but I was wondering why you said "Never use a "Trickle Charger" on your MC battery.".....just sayin.

I've been in a situation where I had a very low battery and only had access to a trickle charger. I put it on my battery for 8 hours and everything turned out fine.

Anyways, I'm done.......said my .02 worth