I recently purchased a Battery Tender Plus so I was wondering if I should plug in the bike every night, or just once in a while like once a week to top off the battery?
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Remember if you use a Tender, you need to check the water/acid level in the battery every month...
The BT is a three-stage charger that bases what it puts into the battery on its state of charge. A fully-charged battery will put it into float mode, which gives it just enough to stay charged but not so much that it produces gas.
--Mark
What about the self discharge rate that all electric storage batteries exhibit? It can be as little as 3% of capacity a month to as much as 3% a week depending on the type of construction and battery temperature.That said, a fully-charged battery can sit for months without problem as long as nothing on the bike is draining it.
--Mark
What about the self discharge rate that all electric storage batteries exhibit?