Hom many tenders on one circuit?

mncruiser · 10-11-2008, 09:23 AM

We added 2 more bikes to the family this season so along with the tractor, we will have 5 batteries to tend. Last year we had 3 to deal with and I had them all sitting on the bench in the basement and all on the same circuit via a surge protector power strip. My small work room only has one plug in it so my question is, how many battery tenders can/should you have on one circuit? Is it a bad thing to have the batteries/tenders all next to each other?

10-11-2008, 10:24 AM

The tender draws about 1 amp so you should be fine hooking all of them up on the same circut.

waterman · 10-11-2008, 05:23 PM

Another thing you could do is rotate the tenders thru the batteries. Put the tender on a battery for a week and just rotate thru them. I have one tender and rotate that thru my bike, wife's bike and the lawn mower during the winter.

ells · 10-11-2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by waterman

Another thing you could do is rotate the tenders thru the batteries.

Why do that?

waterman · 10-11-2008, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ells

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Originally Posted by waterman

Another thing you could do is rotate the tenders thru the batteries.

Why do that?

Ells,

The battery tender doesn't really need to be on a battery 24/7. With 5 batteries you would only need one or two tenders instead of buying one for each battery.

10-11-2008, 07:30 PM

I read somewheres about hooking 1 tender up in a parellel circut to multiple batteries.

ells · 10-12-2008, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by waterman

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Originally Posted by Ells

Why do that?

Ells,

The battery tender doesn't really need to be on a battery 24/7. With 5 batteries you would only need one or two tenders instead of buying one for each battery.

Duh! Got it.

ells · 10-12-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by wolfman

I read somewheres about hooking 1 tender up in a parellel circut to multiple batteries.

I've heard that parallel charging is not good unless the batteries are all identical. Not sure what the issues might be but makes sense that the tender would "see" just one large battery instead of a bunch of different ones.

waterman · 10-12-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ells

Quote:

Originally Posted by waterman

Ells,

The battery tender doesn't really need to be on a battery 24/7. With 5 batteries you would only need one or two tenders instead of buying one for each battery.

Duh! Got it.

You could have had a V-8.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Just saw that on a commercial and read this.

Don't worry. We all have our brain farts from time to time.

rlfaubion · 10-14-2008, 09:50 PM

I agree ......

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mncruiser Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 220	Hom many tenders on one circuit? We added 2 more bikes to the family this season so along with the tractor, we will have 5 batteries to tend. Last year we had 3 to deal with and I had them all sitting on the bench in the basement and all on the same circuit via a surge protector power strip. My small work room only has one plug in it so my question is, how many battery tenders can/should you have on one circuit? Is it a bad thing to have the batteries/tenders all next to each other? __________________ Jeff Twin Cities, MN '08 Goldwing '01 1500FI Nomad, traded 9/12 Also '02 Honda Sabre Kawanow #826 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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waterman Top Contributor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 6,530	Hom many tenders on one circuit? Another thing you could do is rotate the tenders thru the batteries. Put the tender on a battery for a week and just rotate thru them. I have one tender and rotate that thru my bike, wife's bike and the lawn mower during the winter. __________________ Joel "Waterman" 2017 HD Road Glide Ultra 2006 Nomad - Sold VBA 213 VROC 16913 Custer 09: Cortez 10: Crescent City 11: Kanab 12: Estes Park 13: Tahoe 14: Red Lodge 16
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