Good afternoon. I'm in Midwest and of course winter weather calls for long term storage. While I j sets a how to keep main batteries charged, I'm unsure whether I need to attach a trick e charger while on the scoot to the 12V...if that will cause damage...?
with your help, want to be well informed and careful
I don't have a CE-04, nor an answer for you, but I think that you ask an interesting question.
Just to eliminate any confusion, to dispense with a side issue, I'm sure you mean "float charger" or "smart charger" -- something such as a Battery Tender, correct? "Trickle charger" is kind of old school these days, and if I'm not mistaken refers to "dumb" devices that just keep on putting out current, with no intelligence to back off, no smarts to desulfate, and so forth -- you certainly don't want that hooked up all winter.
I keep my bike(s) hooked up all winter (and even during riding season, for that matter) here in the Northeast to smart chargers. My
guess is that you won't need to do that, given that, as someone remarked in a related thread the other day, the bike uses the main battery pack to recharge the smaller 12V one. What you might want to do is akin to what I do with my riding lawnmower: just hook it up a few days before the season begins.