RE: Gel battery and charger

["Tandy Bozeman" <tkbozeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Guys,

I'm no battery expert, but I've been using a Battery Tender with an Odyssey
battery for almost 5 years. I've never had a starting or ABS problem. Tender
works fine--green light come on after a reasonable amount of time when
charging the battery.  

I do not leave the battery on the charger all the time, just hook it up
every couple of weeks in the winter and leave it connected until I get green
light.

Cheers

Tandy Bozeman
Chester CA (Sierras)



- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of JAT
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 5:51 AM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Gel battery and charger

On Monday, Feb 2, 2004, at 04:47 Canada/Eastern, oilheads-digest wrote:

>  It is also an unfortunate fact that the conventional type of
> battery charger/tender used for lead-acid batteries should not be used 
> on the
> gel batteries.

Whoops! didn't know that. My bike has been sitting now for a month 
using the "old" BMW charger which appears to be a relabled Battery 
TenderJunior. Have I done terrible things to the battery?

Nahum Sloan
Toronto
R100R with new gel battery

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