jamesla
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Are we talking Battery Minder or Battery Tender, sorry never heard of
a Battery Tender. Battery Minder will take of 2 or more batteries.
Battery Minder Plus is their latest offering. Perhaps you should charge your batteries fully then use the minder or tender.
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Triker33
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Quote:Are we talking Battery Minder or Battery Tender, sorry never heard of a Battery Tender
You have lived a very sheltered life if you haven't heard of a Dalton "Battery Tender"
It has been very popular in the Motorcycle world for years.
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Well. the battery tender plus should be able to do two batteries, but.. .Consider that your batteries may well hold 100 amp hours (OR MORE) each (that'a a G-27 I think at 100 AH) and the B-Tender puts out what. 1-4 amps (Depending on the model) peak.
And for the record. "Battery" means a collection of cells
So when you take two 12 volt batteries and hook them in parallel, you have one 12 volt battery.. Just bigger.
IE 12 volts at 100 ah + 12 volts at 100 AH in parallel = 12 volts at 200 AH
By the same token,, When you take two identical six volt batteries and hook 'em in series, you have one 12 volt battery.. Only in this case it's the same "Size" (amp hours) as ONE of the six volt batteries
IE: 6 volts at 200 ah, plus 6 volts at 200 ah, in series = 12 volts at 200 AH
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The Battery Tender will go into storage mode after 72 hours even if the battery is not fully charged. I agree that if the batteries are low to charge them individually for at least 72 hours each. Repete alternating batteries until the Tender goes to float mode before 72 hours. Then connect in parallel and set the Tender and leave it.
BT trouble shooting guide
Note: After the battery voltage reaches 14.5
volts, the Battery Tender Plus will go into
storage mode after 8 hours or when current
is less than 0.1 amp, whichever comes first.
If the battery voltage does not reach 14.5
volts within 72 hours, then the Battery Tender
plus will also go into storage mode
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If I recall the OP you indicated that you wanted to charge the batts. I got three of those animals and think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. However they are tenders, not chargers. I have put them on partially discharged batts and they took days like maybe a week and a half and things came up to speed.
I don't know about that 3 day maintenance thing, mine stayed on charge mode for days and later on switched to maintain. 
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