Can Am Spyder Battery
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- Sponsor
- OPTIMA Batteries
- Location
- Glendale, WI
Can Am's Spyder has been around for several decades now, but two constants have remained unchanged throughout its production run- it typically uses a QUAD20 battery and that battery is typically not easily accessible. If you pop the hood on a lot of cars, the battery will be staring right at you in a lot of engine compartments, but depending on the year your Spyder was produced, you'll probably need some combination of 10mm sockets, torx screwdrivers and/or Phillips head screwdrivers to even gain access to the area where your Spyder battery is mounted.
Gaining access is easy enough for someone with minimal mechanical aptitude and once you've removed the necessary panels and straps, the battery replacement itself is fairly straightforward. However, the chore of accessing the battery should be reason enough to consider how you plan to charge and properly maintain voltage of this battery after installation.
Fortunately, OPTIMA Batteries has a solution in our patented POWERLINK system. This cable attachment not only allows you to remotely charge the battery, but it also has an LED indicator light that will show you the approximate state of charge. If you aren't driving your Can Am on a daily basis, keeping the battery voltage properly maintained with a quality battery charger is a no-brainer and OPTIMA offers those as well. OPTIMA ORANGETOP Can Am Spyder batteries also offer a patented CPR feature, which automatically disconnects the battery from any power draw when it gets discharged to a certain level, ensuring the battery retains enough power to get your Spyder started one more time, to get you home safely.
OPTIMA's QUAD20 battery upgrade for the Can Am Spyder is a lithium battery, which offers significant weight savings and cycle life over a traditional flooded or even an AGM lead-acid battery. However, you will need a charger with lithium-specific settings to charge and/or maintain this battery. It doesn't have to be an OPTIMA charger, but it should have specific indications that it can be used to charge lithium, lithium iron phosphate or LiFePO4 batteries. Using an OPTIMA charger with the POWERLINK cable does make proper battery maintenance a snap!
Gaining access is easy enough for someone with minimal mechanical aptitude and once you've removed the necessary panels and straps, the battery replacement itself is fairly straightforward. However, the chore of accessing the battery should be reason enough to consider how you plan to charge and properly maintain voltage of this battery after installation.
Fortunately, OPTIMA Batteries has a solution in our patented POWERLINK system. This cable attachment not only allows you to remotely charge the battery, but it also has an LED indicator light that will show you the approximate state of charge. If you aren't driving your Can Am on a daily basis, keeping the battery voltage properly maintained with a quality battery charger is a no-brainer and OPTIMA offers those as well. OPTIMA ORANGETOP Can Am Spyder batteries also offer a patented CPR feature, which automatically disconnects the battery from any power draw when it gets discharged to a certain level, ensuring the battery retains enough power to get your Spyder started one more time, to get you home safely.
OPTIMA's QUAD20 battery upgrade for the Can Am Spyder is a lithium battery, which offers significant weight savings and cycle life over a traditional flooded or even an AGM lead-acid battery. However, you will need a charger with lithium-specific settings to charge and/or maintain this battery. It doesn't have to be an OPTIMA charger, but it should have specific indications that it can be used to charge lithium, lithium iron phosphate or LiFePO4 batteries. Using an OPTIMA charger with the POWERLINK cable does make proper battery maintenance a snap!