Howdy All,
I’m trying to sort out a solution for keeping the battery on my motorcycle charged while it is in storage for the winter. I’ll outline the particulars and the solution I’m considering (based on limited knowledge of this sort of thing!) and would welcome all feedback, other ideas or other solutions.
The bike is stored in a facility with no power and no possibility for me to run a cord to a solar panel. If i could run a cord to a panel, life would be easy, and I’d not take up your time. The facility is about an hour away, so it’s not super convenient to visit it on more than a weekly/bi-weekly basis. (I live high in the mountains, and don’t have many other good storage options… Bummer for being a moto enthusiast, but it’s beautiful up here!)
My resources:
I also have a couple 6v AGM batteries we use as part of a solar system while camping, which have about 220 amp/hours of capacity, so I can top them off and use them as the power source.
I also have a Goal0 350 watt power pack from another application that I could use, but it seems like that wouldn’t get me too far.
I was thinking of using an iMax B6 battery charger to draw power from the batteries and trickle it to the motorcycle battery. I understand that I’ll need to recharge the batteries regularly, but thought that I could at least keep it somewhat charged at a low rate of draw. The bike doesn’t need to have power supplied for every day of it’s storage, but I’m hoping that I can run this (or a similar) set up for a week or so at a stretch before recharging the batteries.
Does this make sense or am I way off base? Any thoughts or other solutions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Todd