The Waterproof Battery Tender is perfect for ATVs, PWCs, motorcycles and boats—anything powersport that might get wet.

ot someone at the counter who just bought a high-dollar/high-output battery and a mega-torque starter motor to match? There’s a Battery Tender customer. How about a guy who didn’t just buy any of that stuff, but sure wants to keep what he already has strong and healthy—both his battery and his starter? Same deal, there’s a Battery Tender customer, too. Truth of the matter is, you’ll be doing both of those customers a real favor by putting a Deltran Battery Tender in front of them. There’s just no better way to keep a Harley-Davidson’s starting system, the battery and its starter motor, in tip-top shape.
     The benefits of keeping a Battery Tender hooked up to a battery are obvious. A fully charged battery is a battery that’s going to live long and be strong, because there’s nothing tougher on a battery than a continual cycle of discharging and recharging. A Battery Tender assures that that destructive cycle is never allowed to start. It all happens automatically, too. A Battery Tender gently brings a battery up to full snuff and then keeps it there, switching into a “float mode” that maintains a battery at full charge. Indefinitely, too, as long as the Battery Tender stays connected, and there’s never any outgassing or bubbling over. But you already know all about that, right?

     What you might not know, and what you can make your customers aware of, is the benefits a Battery Tender brings to the starter motor. Just as that discharge/recharge cycle is tough on battery life, a battery that’s not at a full-charge condition is murder on a starter motor. V-twins take lots of juice to crank over. That’s why the starter motors are so big, and why there are so many “high torque” replacement motors on the market (like the one Customer No. 1 might have just bought). Hit the starter button up at the handlebar and the amp draw is significant, and it’s for that very reason it’s absolutely critical to keep a Harley’s battery at peak voltage. See, lower battery voltages—even just slightly lower—cause an even higher amperage draw by the starter, and amperage equals heat. Heat, of course, is the enemy of anything electrical, especially electric motors. Up that amperage draw with an undercharged battery and it’s a guarantee that you’re doing nothing good for the starter motor. Do it often enough and you have a candidate for the worst case scenario—a burned-out starter.
     So there are two great reasons to recommend a Deltran Battery Tender. A Battery Tender prolongs the life of the battery, and it protects the starter motor. There are plenty of models to choose from, too, whether it’s the original Battery Tender Plus, the compact Battery Tender Junior, the new Waterproof Battery Tender, one of the 5- or 10-channel SuperSmart Battery Management Systems, or the 4-Bank Battery Tender Charging Station. Drag Specialties has them all in stock. Take them out of stock and put ’em in front of your customers. You’ll be doing them, their batteries, and their starter motors a favor.

This lightweight trickle charger ensures that batteries are maintained once they are charged.