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So, I have the HD 800mA waterproof battery tender that I use on my 2012 Ultra Limited when it's parked in the garage. For the last month or so it never goes to green but stays at yellow. If I unplug it from the wall and then plug it back in it goes to green but, if I unplug it from the battery harness on the bike its lights up yellow and basically stays yellow.

When I take it it off and go for a ride the bike starts right up and during riding when starting and stopping never have a problem.

At first I was thinking that my battery was on the way out but now I'm starting to think its the tender itself.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

Have you made sure your connections at battery are good?

 

Yup, twice

Thanks

 

there is a logic circuit

if yellow it may not be providing charge.

so connect to bike...then plug into wall


I have similar devices by battery tender, schumaker and others- most are the same...connect to battery, plug into wall power


Mike

 

Usually a solid yellow light means it is charging but the battery is below a certain charge...then it should blink green (think at 90%), and eventually solid green (100% and monitoring). A blinking yellow means you have a bad connection or something and it is not charging. I always get a solid yellow when I plug in...but I do not always have it on the tender.

Correction: I did have a time when it stayed solid yellow and did not change. Found out it was an incompatible wire adapter/connector that I was using from an Antigravity jumper/charger.

 

If the connections are good and it still doesn't turn green after a while check the in-line fuse.

 

Google Texhmate Optimate 6. Most others battery tenders can't compare. I use this for both my car and my bike.

 

 

What do the instructions for the battery tender say?

 

I was having this same issue a couple months ago. It ended up being a bad pig tail on the bike side. Swapped it out for a new one and haven't had any more issues with it. I have 3 tenders I use for other stuff in the garage and I moved them all around and they were all working. That's how I figured out the harness on the bike was bad.