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Originally Posted by Ron07x5
What do you mean by floats along nicely and barely comes on again with charger in place? In place when and where?
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Sorry it was unclear...I attach my Battery Tender to the 3 cars and 3 motorcycles, on a regular, rotating basis.
The time it takes to get 'to green' on any of those vehicles is a matter of how long any have 'sat' since I last drove/rode on an extended ride, and how long they have 'sat' with no BTender.
I may leave the BT on for a day, or days, on any given no low or no recent use vehicle, and it simply 'floats' along green for that period. Have never had a problem with extended use or attachment of the BT on any of our stuff, and all 3 Scoots and the Vette have an AGM batt.
That is what I meant by 'floating'.
I read your post of putting your low amp charger on in a couple weeks. I rarely let the cars go that long; they get much more frequent BT charging than a 'couple weeks'...the bikes sometimes get lost in the rotation, and might miss a couple weeks, but not the cars. We simply don't do enough regular long driving, so they get the BT regularly.
Should batts last longer/hold charge a long time? Sure, but they don't seem to these days. So, a BT or charger brand of choice, gets used regularly.
GL, mD