Battery tender for winter storage??

I use a Battery tender Jr. made by Delkron on my Harley, HD sells the exact same thing with their name on it, but they up the price of course. I bought mine at Easyriders of Atlanta on one of my trips.
Just bought a Yuasa "SmartShot 900" for my SRT which is already in storage.
Picked it up at a local bike shop in my hometown
The Battery Tender Jr. puts out about .5Amps in charge mode, and the Yuasa puts out .9Amps. Both have a "float voltage" of 13.2V which will not overcharge the battery, and kicks it up to 14.4V in charge mode when needed.
Both came with a quick-connect harness and clip leads.
I use the quick-connect harness, works great.
When I get home I take a quick look in the Garage and if the lights are green I know everything is fine.
With the bike it takes about an hr before float mode kicks in with it's small battery, and with the truck it took overnight.

I use these because I travel a lot for work so the toys sit quite a bit. It's a no-brainer for me, but a once-a-month charge with a regular battery charger would probably be just as effective.

Ken

Hamrhead
No offense was taken at all, this forum is a great source of info and debate.
I also have a Mustang GT in storage and after going thru 2 batteries, I have given up trying to keep one in it until I'm ready to use the car again. I used to disconnect it and try to keep it charged but it didn't seem to matter, they still didn't last.
The original battery in my Harley lasted 3 yrs with monthly charges thru the winter and I was told that was pretty good for a motorcycle battery, the one I have now on the tender is 6 yrs old and going strong. That's why I decided to do the same for the truck.
If your R still has the original battery after all this time you must be doing something right or the thing just has a great battery in it. I just thought that if you pulled the power you would lose the radio's memory??

BTW---- how can you stand owning such an awesome car and not drive it, I would go crazy having it just sit there. You my friend have incredible restraint, hang on to that car, in about 20 yrs it'll be worth a small fortune.

Oh and if I ever get up in your neighborhood..do you think maybe we could put another few miles on it....hint hint

Alberta-SRT said:

Hamrhead
No offense was taken at all, this forum is a great source of info and debate.

If your R still has the original battery after all this time you must be doing something right or the thing just has a great battery in it. I just thought that if you pulled the power you would lose the radio's memory??

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For the most part, you are correct. In the case of the Cobra R, well, it ain't got no damn radio! (Or AC, or back seat, etc )

BTW---- how can you stand owning such an awesome car and not drive it, I would go crazy having it just sit there. You my friend have incredible restraint, hang on to that car, in about 20 yrs it'll be worth a small fortune.

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Actually, restraint is only a part of it. Two jobs helps to soak up alot of my time. While other times I simply CAN'T get it out of the shed(In the backyard, where I park it). You see, rain water tends to 'puddle' in front of the shed, so much of the time the ground is too soft to pull the car out into the backyard. Though when I do get it out, it is flat-azz FUN to run!

Oh and if I ever get up in your neighborhood..do you think maybe we could put another few miles on it....hint hint

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Yup! It's only got a low-compression 5.8liter V8(351 Windsor), factory rated at 300hp, but it does have a real nice Torque curve! With the addition of a free-flowing exhaust, I definitely opened up some more HP (Major bottleneck on '95 R's), so it runs in about the same neighborhood as a stock SRT Ram ---> 106mph+/- through the 1/4. The fact that the handling and braking are INSANE, plus it's like driving in an empty beer can (NO sound deadening insulation either -- remember, 'R' stands for Race car ), only adds to the experience.