Dead battery

Quote from Edward Neal

they make these portable jump starters in many different sizes for different demands - there are the smaller ones like MADDMOE linked that are great for 4 & 6 cylinder engines and they go all the way up to ones like this one - NOCO 2000 Amp jump starter that are good for 8 liter gasoline and 6 liter diesel engines.

I had a DBPower jumpstarter that I carried in my slingshot until last year - like DJohnson had happen it started swelling up. after doing some research I found out that it was a common problem with that brand if they were stored over 90 degrees which around these parts is almost every day - after doing more research and hearing all good things I decided to replace it with one from NOCO - this is the one I now carry - NOCO Boost 500 Amp jump starter - easily big enough for my slingshot and probably any car I might be asked to help

I had that Boost 500 and it didnt work for me i got fed up with it and tossed it for the one i have now, they probably all Chinese made.....

Quote from MADDMOE

I had that Boost 500 and it didnt work for me i got fed up with it and tossed it for the one i have now, they probably all Chinese made.....

Hey MADDMOE You may well be right, before I got the one I currently have I ordered a smaller unit, a Scosche 300 amp, I think it might have been the same one you posted a picture of - - anyway, got it from Amazon and as soon as it arrived I plugged it in to charge it up - - after over 24 hours on the charger it never got fully charged or at least the lights on it never indicated it was fully charged ended up returning it and then ordered the NOCO

and just so you know I am not making this up a screen shot from my orders page on amazon showing the return and replacement last July

probably all of them can be good and as you suggest just really crapy China quality control

Every time I've had a battery (bike) go bad was the same type of thing. One battery so low that it blew apart the small charger the guys are talking about. I have found that I can pick up a OEM size/type battery at Batteries Plus --- off the shelf --- about $130.00

If your riding every day the camera probably won't cause that much drain on the battery. Letting it set for a period of time -- not good.

If I may be so bold, if you need a battery tender for your SlingShot, you obviously are simply not riding enough?

Bill

SoCal - I just want to say thank you for starting this thread - - With my Slingshot being my daily driver it has never gone more than 2 weeks at most without being driven and I have never had any need for a battery tender, but with my full time retirement coming soon and my wife's and my plans to travel that is going to change - - - thanks to this post of yours I will now be prepared when that time comes

tender and power port plug adapter have been ordered

my dealer had the battery tender pig tail installed on every Slingshot. They know there is a parasitic drain….issue. I bought a tender before I left the showroom…