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Cataract2
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 12:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

As we know, Buell uses a sealed battery so no maintenance is required with them. Being winter is coming and I will have to put the bike up for it soon and put the battery on a tender I am wondering. Do these batteries put off the gas that maintenance ones do while charging or not? Reason I ask is I plan to put the battery on a tender in a garage which I don't think is that well ventilated.
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Bonjoxb12s
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 12:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

We've had several bikes on Tenders at once, and never have had any issues with the sealed batteries giving off any gas.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 - 02:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You'll be fine. I store my battery on a tender in my garage (in my bike) at all times. I also store a tank full of gas, two gas cans, a can of Coleman fuel, and a gas water heater.

I also store two cars with full tanks of fuel and a portable battery jumper.
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Midknyte
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 01:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Tender good. Get one.
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Cixyx_pilot
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 04:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never had a problem!
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Old_man
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 08:02 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No need to worry.
I have mine connected all the time in the garage.
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Zac4mac
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 08:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A tender will produce gas, but so little it's practically harmless.
The more current you're charging with, the more gas; part of the process.

20 Amps, you can make a bomb with the gas; 0.2 Amps you get almost nothing.

Pb + H2SO4 + Amps = PbSO4 + H2(boom)

Z
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Cereal
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 09:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A tender will produce gas, but so little it's practically harmless.

But I probably shouldn't keep two batteries 'tending' in my kitchen..
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Zac4mac
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 09:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Don't even see a problem there unless you're sensitive to Hydrogen. Just don't spill the acid in your coffee.

Look at Fat's garage - all that fuel AND a hot water heater.
My garage has that stuff too, no water heater, but I smoke.
It's all about dilution.

Z
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Bumblebee
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 04:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Isn't that a VRLA battery? If so no gas will escape providing its not grossly overcharged.

A Battery Tender is THE best way to keep a shine on the battery for the winter, just set it and forget it.
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Punkid8888
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 08:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Lets see in my garage I got.

Buell, Quad, Snowmobile, Snowblower, lawnmower, leaf blower, chainsaw, multiple weedwackers, all with some gas in their tanks. (The quad even leaks it) an old small block Chrysler with carb still on it, numerous old carbs and gas containers throughout the garage. And my 1972 Dodge D100 with a 35gallon tank all in a 2-car garage.




Ohh almost forgot I use a wood stove in the garage every weekend, which is about one foot from the D100.


4 years, never had a problem. Knock on wood.

I would be very surprised if a garage was not well vented. I have special gaskets around each garage door, and the side door and windows are all new. But I still feel drafts throughout the garage.

okay I am ready for some criticism.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 10:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just took my sealed gel-cell battery off the tender, had it on there for 10 months straight, and it's as strong as a mule.
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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 12:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have 3 battery tenders running through the winter in my garage. Never had a problem.
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Valmacmiami
Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 01:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Was 52 on 7th buying my self new xb1125r
to celebrate if I dont buy 1098 instead
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Mikef5000
Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Was 52 on 7th buying my self new xb1125r
to celebrate if I dont buy 1098 instead


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Eicas
Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 07:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have two bikes, one "tender" that I alternate every other week, been doing that for several years now.
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