Ever had HD battery tender go bad?

[Phat117]

Been using the HD battery tender for about 4 years. Battery is about 1 year old stock HD.
I use the tender daily and it usually turns green in a few minutes at most.
Plugged it in today and after several hours still red. Then I unplugged from the bike end and the light changes to green with nothing connected.
Plug it back in and it switches back to red.

Looks like it's time for a new tender.

[Jeff53404]

Originally Posted by Phat117

Been using the HD battery tender for about 4 years. Battery is about 1 year old stock HD.
I use the tender daily and it usually turns green in a few minutes at most.
Plugged it in today and after several hours still red. Then I unplugged from the bike end and the light changes to green with nothing connected.
Plug it back in and it switches back to red.

Looks like it's time for a new tender.

I never had a tender go bad but I believe there is a fuse on the tender's harness that connects to the battery. That fuse has blown on me which makes the tender uselss (until you replace the fuse).

[tazdevl20062008]

Phatt117, yup mine crapped out. The fuse was fine too. Just stopped working, and was only used for 2 winters. Another typical POS from Harley Davidson. Bought a $18 Duracell one from Target and have not had any problems with it. Even came with the harness for the battery.

[Phat117]

Well, problem solved, and it turned out to be the voltage regulator.
New one installed and all is well. Tender is back to normal doing it's job.