battery tender

[Glyn Robinson]

do any of you guys use a battery maintainer for your rider during the winter? i realize a lot of you use your equipment during the winter. this question is for those who don't. thanks

 

[bertsmobile1]

I have never liked battery tenders for a lot of reasons.
The best trick is to hook up a regular charger through a timing switch and give the battery around 1 hour of charge a week.

If you fitted the best battery , spiral wound, absorment glass matt, sealed & pressure valve regulated then do nothing other than dissconnecting it .

 

[bakerg]

Took my battery out of the lawn mower and have it hook up to my battery tender on my work bench, but I only plug it in periodically through the winter.

 

[Rivets]

Never had any problems with battery minders. Have many customers and friends who use them on cars, trucks and tractors all winter long.

 

[BlazNT]

Last battery I replaced lasted me 6 years thanks to the battery tender.

 

[DK35vince]

I'm not convinced battery tenders extend battery life.
My 2007 and 2009 motorcycles sit all winter and are still running original batteries and they have never had a tender on them.
The original battery in my tractor lasted 11 years (it does get used some for snow plowing the driveway in the winter). Never had a tender on it.

 

[gainestruk]

I have never used a battery tender, if you keep connections clean and tight you shouldn't have a problem if battery was fully charged when you parked it, most of my mowers battery lasts 6-8 years.
A worse problem over winter is letting fuel untreated sit in carburetor all winter which will gum it up, I always turn off inline fuel valve and run carb empty.