Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
If the winch you had installed is a warn remote controlled model, it will drain the battery while sitting, mine goes dead in a week if I do not run it.
RR
if your winch is draining the battery that fast, I think you have something else going on
ONE way you can TRY and help prevent this, is you can add a battery disconnect, and a power distribution block between things, then when ever you want to use ATV at the battery just flip the switch
that will stop all power drain from the battery
and on average with my OLDER non electronic's ATV, I average 5 yrs out of a battery NOT on a tender, and about 6-7 on an atv on a tender
but again, the more modern ATV's EFI and computer/digital dash/displays,(GPS and so on) will draw a LOT more power sitting than the older atv's that don't have all these things
they do sell solar powered tenders too, if you have a window near by that gets sun and can park atv close enough to it!