So a Battery Tender just won't work?
1472871
I parked a 2 year old gel cell and it was on a tender. they say it will , one that don't disaulfate. does tender cover the shorai batt warranty ,ask shorai. I have no kick start on my big twin . and im to lazy to walk. we just had a big extended chill here in the garden state and I now trust my batt in temps (wind chills) below 0. and I now have 4500 lb front and rear winches . kawi needs a bigger rectifier. buy the battery by dimensions not by cross reference. bigger is better.
1472872
A battery Tender will COOK the Shorai Battery... Different Chemistry = Different Charging technology. However... you can use the BT for a short duration charge... says the battery is a little low and you want to "top to off" before a ride. Long term / storage use will destroy your Shorai battery.
1472873
No, not with this technology. This charger is designed specifically for the job, and does it magnificently. I've been very happy with my Shorai set up and will never switch back. Hope this helps.
1472874
You have to use the one designed for there battery. It is is designed for the LiFe compnents
1472875
It WILL work to charge the Shorai, but it will not balance the charge among the various cells within the battery, from what I understand. Having said that, I am not sure that any GOOD battery charger with computerized charging wouldn't be good enough to keep any lithium battery properly charged, since it would not overcharge it, which is the real danger.
1472876
there is a jumper plate that has to be installed on the battery for it to work mike
1382936
Maybe you should charge the battery first so that there is energy left. If not work then something could be wrong I guess
997066
Try fresh set of batteries as 1st step- What makes u think meter not working?
627567
I have been put some new aa batteries in, but it doesn't work. Maybe it is a defective.
1447960
I'm not entirely certain, and I'm not near where the manual can be easily reached. From what I could remember, this unit pretty much did everything the battery tender did but more reliably. I vaguely recall that the web page that Schumacher has may have the PDF if you would like to download it for you to do some more research.
1340915
Same concept, but battery tender is no where close to the excellent CTEK products. I had many problems with the battery tenders I used, including "killing" my batteries. CTEK is the only product I trust. David M's answer is absolutely accurate.
1716348
Try running something not as power demanding and see if it works. Do you have a multimeter? What type/capacity battery is it? How are you charging the battery?
699163
It's usually just the connector not being seated properly. You may have to disconnect and reconnect the battery after reseating it.
2185049
yes some newer cars the cigarette lighter won't work with the battery tender, but it does work great by connecting directly to Battery
1550112
I would think so Alan, but maybe ought to call Battery Tender. I leave my two boats plugged in for months at a time, and when I'm ready...they're ready...at least the batteries are!
997065
Try fresh set of batteries as 1st step-What makes u think meter not working?
1608345
I have had a dead battery a couple of times but I don't get my 4 wheeler out much so that may have been the problem. I keep a battery tender on mine and haven't had any more problems. Starts up every time.
534812
Batteries must be connected. I have one tender on my chassis battery and another on the two house batteries connected in series.
637807
I've had no issues with mine at all. Try replacing the batteries first then disconnect the clip where it connects together leave off for 30 sec. Then plug it in is what I'd do. Good luck
1203355
open up the battery box check the wires to see if they pulled loose , if they have pulled loose, reattach it should work. this is what happened to me.
1799831
Sorry to hear that!.. I thought it was very easy to install and my battery was fully charged and it worked fine. Make sure it's hooked to the battery correctly and the battery is charged. If not it might be defective :(
1787885
I believe I ran it back to the neg side of the battery since the system does not use the chassis for a ground.Just touch it and see if whatever you are hooking up works .