onboard battery chargers

[jammer]

Anyone using one & which kind?  Looking for a very compact/efficient unit.

G

[Joe Hummer]

I use my alternator for an onboard battery charger.      (I KNOW I was not the only one wanting to post this... )

Seriously though...are you looking for a trickle charger for your battery while you are not riding?  If so, I would look at the Battery tender line of products.  They have a small unit that you connect a pigtail to the battery and run the plug out to the edge of the seat.  Then has a wall charger that plugs into a regular outlet to provide power.  Small, compact, easy to store away...it would be the way to go. 

I don't have a battery charger...I ride my bike...even in the winter.  (My bike sat for at most 3 weeks without being ridden this last winter.)   

Joe

[Spirited-6]

use my alternator for an onboard battery charger.        (I KNOW I was not the only one wanting to post this... )

Joe, I`m glad you got here first. I would have not been sooo nice. After all you said I was a "smart a$$" several years ago on the Shadow Bd. 

[jammer]

I see U 2 are real techies!

G

[John U.]

Take a look at the BatteryMinder. It will charge, maintain charge and desulphate. I use one for my bikes and the onboard model on my truck. No affiliation etc.
http://www.thebatteryminder.com/12v133abatteryminder-p-29.html?osCsid=65e397049916a969707be955b20cf416