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Battery Tender Plus Super Smart Motorcycle Battery Charger | 
| Brand: Battery Tender
Category: Automotive Parts and Accessories
Buy New: $39.95 - $109.97
as of 7/30/2010 15:56 CDT details
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Rating:  356 reviews
Color: Black
MPN: 021-0128-AMA-A
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| Features:
| • | Temperature compensated to ensure optimum charge voltage according to ambient temperature | | • | Automatically switches from full charge to float charging mode | | • | Battery Tender at 1.25 amps will charge as fast or faster than any 3 amp charger available | | • | Reverse Polarity Protection to ensure user safety. Red and Green Lights Alternately Flash in this condition | | • | Complete 4-step charging program Initialization, Bulk Charge, Absorption Mode, Float Mode |
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Product Description
- Constantly monitors the battery without the damaging effects of trickle chargers
- Voltage output compensates for temperature changes
- Initial charge brings battery to full charge at approximately 14.2V
- After full charge is reached, converts to float charger and monitors battery at 13.2V
- Although a constant charge is being applied to the battery, there is little or no current (approx. 10mA)
- 12V Battery Tender Plus has new fused quick-disconnect rings with a weather cover
- Optional pouch for safe and easy storage or transportation
- Snap cords and extensions are available separately
Note:
Earlier model Battery Tenders have a WHITE snap cord connector; later models have a BLACK snap cord connector. These snap cords are NOT interchangeable.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 356
A Must for Garage Queens June 22, 2007
F. Dumanoir (Katy, Texas United States)
76 out of 78 found this review helpful
Every time I want to fire up my old 71 Datsun (that's Nissan for those of you younger than 30) 240 Z there's a good chance that the battery has drained down and that I can't start it! Looking around at car forums I read about this nifty little gadget....It's like a battery trickle charger....sort of. Whereas it's not recommended to keep a trickle charger hooked up all the time, this one has circuitry to limit the current and sense when the battery needs charging. It only charges at 1.25 amps which is easier on the battery.
I've had it on for a month now and it's great. The first couple of days, the red light was on indicating charging. Since then it's been on green and the car starts right up. I live in Houston where the heat and humidity can be just as brutal on batteries as the cold.
I highly recommend this "tender" for those that have cars that stay unused for long periods.
As other reviews have mentioned it comes with a set of adapters that allow you to permanently attach pigtails to the battery posts and then you can quickly connect the tender without having to use the alligator clips (also included).
For the price and free shipping you can't go wrong!
UPDATE after two years of use.
I can now reconfirm that these battery tenders work great - I've had them hooked up continuously on two cars that stay in the garage a lot and I've NEVER had them not start right up. A quick glance at the LED display lets me know that the batteries are either charging or fully charged. It's a real pleasure to be able to go right up and enjoy your wheels without having to worry about whether the battery is dead. I can't say for sure, but I suspect that it lengthens the life of the battery as well.
A Doozie March 6, 2008
Hal (Bethesda, Md USA)
48 out of 48 found this review helpful
This little gizmo is dynamite.
I have a 4 year old Accord that, due to circumstance, only has about 4400 miles. Rarely driven...and what driving is done is mostly at night.
Sat for a week once in very cold weather...dead battery.
Ordered this. Hooked it up. 100% charge and the battery is very powerful once again.( had thought I would probably need a new one).
It's very small size makes it extremely easy to use and store. And it will not overcharge, so you do not have to babysit the process.
It's LEDs glow red when charging. Green and red blink once 80% has been achieved. Solid green at 100%.
It did, in very cold weather, take a long time to establish a full charge on my almost completely discharged battery. The battery would have been usable in a few hours, but 100% took close to 18.
Highly recommended.
A+ Product March 4, 2007
Glenn M. Soffen (Long Island, NY)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I have an older version of this charger that I bought in the mid 90's. I used it to maintain my garaged Mustang's battery over the winter months for many years. I made a cigarette lighter adapter so all I needed to do was to plug it in instead of using the alligator clips. I have to say this thing is dead reliable! It always kept my battery in prime condition. I love it and recommend it highly.
5 stars for ease of use woman or man! March 8, 2007
Chili Pepper
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I haven't used any other tender for a battery and this was my first purchase of this type of product. It was very simple to hook up and it included the wires to "pig-tail" the tender to my battery. That was great becasue I don't want to have to remove the seat and remove the battery cover every time that I use it. With the "pig-tails," you just hook them to your battery terminals and place the wire where you can run it down underneath the battery box and out the side of the bike. You then put the battery box cover back on and the seat back on and you never have to deal with them again. The wire comes out the side of the bike and I used a plastic cable tie around the frame to keep the wire in place. The wire has a rubber cap, so when you want to ride, you just unplug the wire and put the cap on. You're done. It worked great from the moment I plugged it in. I would have no reason to try any other brand of battery tender.
nice small charger May 12, 2007
M. Karkkainen
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I use this to maintain a strong battery charge on a vehicle that rarely gets driven over the winter. I opted to use the quick connector leads so I didn't have to worry about propping the hood up to clear the red and black clamps on the battery terminals.
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