Was reading through the instructions and it said battery must be fully charged before using..and it also says battery must be removed from the vehicle while using..just wondering if I actually need to jump my car and charge my battery..and take it out to use this thing..any help is much appreciated, thanks!

 

i have a generic battery charger and never take it out of the car while i am using it. it might just be a liability thing for the manufacture

 

A battery TENDER supplies a very low amperage charge, and will take a while to fully charge a battery because of this. That's why it says it has to be fully charged. Battery tenders aka trickle chargers are meant to keep a battery charged, not charge a dead one. If it's a battery charger, not a "tender", then just disconnect the positive cable and you're good to go.

 

It is in fact a tender..id hate to have to start my car just to charge the battery though..so will the tender only keep the battery charged to its current charge level? As in..am I going to absolutely have to start my car in order to keep my battery properly charged..or wi ll I be ok hooking it up for the next three months?

 

I use them(5) on my bikes(3) and my boat(2). On my bikes I just hook them up and forget about them, on my boat, it has two battery's so I separate the two battery's and put one charger on each battery(I leave all the battery's in the vehicles). If the battery is dead, like you left the lights on I don't know if it will charge it back up but if its just low it will bring it back up to a full charge and keep it there.
Two of the bikes are dirt bikes and they stay outside all winter with a tarp over them and in the spring or whenever I go riding in the winter the bikes start right up.
The charger puts out well under 1 amp so I have never had a problem with a battery going dry because of over charging. Makes my battery's last a lot longer.

ROD
p.s. I forgot about the H/F charger on the lawnmower battery.

 

Thanks..much appreciated! This is what I wanted to hear..sounds like I can just hook it up, plug it in and forget about it till spring...which is awesome..still cant believe the thing was only $10!

 

Just leave it plugged in and forget about it.

 

$10, I got mine on sale for $3 or $4

ROD

 

Wooow..thats crazy..either way, most tenders cost way more so its def a steal!

 

Dam how do I get some of these and do they work good? could use them for bikes