What if... you don't keep your CB on a tender?

[flynrider]

About a year ago the battery unexpectedly died in my car, and I bought an item similar to this. It jumps my car if ever needed, but also has a 120 volt outlet to plug in any item desired. If I was in your situation I would buy something similar to this, full charge it at home, then put it in the storage unit with my bike with the battery tender plugged into it and attached to my bike's battery.

https://www.amazon.com/Rally-Portable-So...TAS2CWKGYZ

BH,

I don't think that would work very well. We had a discussion about a similar solution on a security website, looking for a solution to keep a low power alarm system operating in a building without electrical service. It seems the conversion from DC to AC, then back to DC again, eats up most of the power from the battery. A few users that tested that combination said their portable power source was drained in less than a day.

[ride4now_imp]

Thanks all. As I said, I don't have access to power (at least not yet) and unfortunately, since it's in a storage unit, I don't have access to sunlight so solar would seem to be out. I could do the extra battery thing I guess... but probably what I need to do is just ride it a bit more often and then when the battery does go, perhaps replace it with one of those longer lasting gel battery's. As I mentioned, I keep a car in Georgia and it's not on a tender and I've yet to have any issues so hopefully I'll have the same result with the CB.

[kmoney_imp]

I think there is very little parasitic drain on the battery in these. There is going to be the clock and some keep-alive for the functions in the ECU. It should be able to sit for weeks at a time and not kill the battery. That said, if it partially discharges, you it will begin to sulfate and have a very short life.

If you have no access to power, consider a quick disconnect system (or just remove the negative terminal by yourself every time).



https://www.batteriesexpressinc.com/mobi...x?id=41277

[riceburner_imp]

I haven't looked in the fusebox yet,isn't it under the seat? maybe just pull the main power fuse for storage and stop minor parasitic drain? A knife switch in the ground wire should kill everything and be a lot less than 34 bucks, even homemade if you have some copper rod or bar laying around.you'll have to reset the clock Everytime you kill all power,the ecu will probably also have to rebuild it's runtime database to get fuel efficiency back,kind of like when it was new and it got better the more you rode it.just wondering.