Can I plug my battery tender into the heater plug

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Old 10-19-2011, 07:06 PM
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Default Can I plug my battery tender into the heater plug

Will it work
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:10 PM
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Why wouldn't it? Make sure polarity is correct!
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:32 PM
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whats a heater plug? would polarity even matter if its AC?
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 09:16 PM
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I have a YUASA battery tender. The connector is un-marked as to polarity. Last night I hooked it up to charge a Gel Cell battery on my workbench. The first try, I had polarity reversed. I just touched the lead briefly... and noticed the charge LED lit RED (instead of the normal green) to alert me that I had to reverse the polarity of the lead extensions. I swapped them, and it started charging the battery. :-)

If your battery tender is as smart as my YUASA unit - it should tell you if polarity is incorrect.
 

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Old 10-19-2011, 09:35 PM
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Red usually means its charging or that it needs charging and green means its done.
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 09:46 PM
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I know charge is DC, but I simply do not know what a heater plug is...
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LikesToThump
whats a heater plug? would polarity even matter if its AC?
Acualy I'm not sure what the plug is for that sticks out beside the seat. I assumed it was for a heated vest or something
 
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:45 AM
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o ok, now i got a much better idea about what ur saying... yea keep polarity correct and ur good, assuming the funky thing is hooked up right n such, i know my bike doesn't have a plug hanging off stock lol.
 
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The thing that sticks out under the seat is for a battery tender. Lucky you someone pre-wired the bike for ya.
 
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:33 AM
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Originally Posted by clgdswr
The thing that sticks out under the seat is for a battery tender. Lucky you someone pre-wired the bike for ya.
So all 09's don't have that?
I got the bike with 200kms without a scratch on it in what I thought was completely stock form.
It works with my heated vest also but that kills the battery.
 


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