Battery tender/charger

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Battery tender/charger

Post by Jayjay101 » Tue May 17, 2022 10:34 am

Hi chaps
I’m looking at get a trickle charger/tender for mine now that it’s kept indoors so I don’t end up with a flat/f##led battery and I’m not sure what to look for? I’ve got one on my Harley but that’s a Harley one. Many thanks


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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by Shoppinit » Tue May 17, 2022 10:38 am

CTEK. No brainer.

MXS5.0 for example.
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by MeTsU » Tue May 17, 2022 10:41 am

Shoppinit wrote: ↑
Tue May 17, 2022 10:38 am
 CTEK. No brainer.

MXS5.0 for example.
100% agree. I love mine, haven't had any issues.
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by Shoppinit » Tue May 17, 2022 10:45 am

I use about 6 of them and some have been on permanently for over 10 years. The only time I had one fail was when the house was hit by lightning. For some reason one of the CTEK expired (as well as a lot of other electronic stuff).
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by srichards » Tue May 17, 2022 11:08 am

Ctek for me as well. I leave mine on all the time too.
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by bilko1 » Tue May 17, 2022 4:03 pm

I've used an Optimate 3 for the last 16 years and it just packed up :( Looking a Ctek now
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by steve2003rs6 » Tue May 17, 2022 9:48 pm

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Another vote for Ctek mxs 5.0 from me.
Bought one very recently from Halfords and I am very happy with it. IIRC cost was around £80:00.
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by Foxmeister » Wed May 18, 2022 7:28 am

CTEK also, i stick it on bad batteries and it rejuvenates them for 2-3 months or more, fantastic thing
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Re: Battery tender/charger

Post by Jayjay101 » Sun May 22, 2022 7:09 pm

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Got here yesterday-cheers for the advice fellas


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