Battery Died with Warning
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From: General Sherman's Christmas Location 1864
Battery Died with Warning
Month or so ago it hesitated starting...
Raining here just about every day, so just sitting in the garage on the tender.
Getting ready for a 2 week trip, so cleaned it up, changed the oils, etc etc,, Hit the start button Cick, click, Click...Oh no The battery
I'm very happy it's 5 1/2 yrs old..
So I charge it overnight with a "real" charger take it to work , Voltage "appeared" normal....Load test it...1% Load @ 25 Ah.... Battery is suppose to be 28Ah so tried it again fully charged it,, Load test at 10AH for FYI got 2% capacity... IT's Dead I believe I got everything out of this battery.
I've been reading a few Batttery threads lately, people getting 2 yrs, 3 yrs, or anything in between.. 5 1/2 I did good
BatteriesPlus Gel cell 144...Harley 185....(40 bucks for a logo) Guess which one I bought
Raining here just about every day, so just sitting in the garage on the tender.
Getting ready for a 2 week trip, so cleaned it up, changed the oils, etc etc,, Hit the start button Cick, click, Click...Oh no The battery
I'm very happy it's 5 1/2 yrs old..
So I charge it overnight with a "real" charger take it to work , Voltage "appeared" normal....Load test it...1% Load @ 25 Ah.... Battery is suppose to be 28Ah so tried it again fully charged it,, Load test at 10AH for FYI got 2% capacity... IT's Dead I believe I got everything out of this battery.
I've been reading a few Batttery threads lately, people getting 2 yrs, 3 yrs, or anything in between.. 5 1/2 I did good
BatteriesPlus Gel cell 144...Harley 185....(40 bucks for a logo) Guess which one I bought
Last edited by katobird; Aug 28, 2012 at 04:53 AM.
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There is also a fairly strong belief on the forums that a battery on its last legs can take out the stator and voltage regulator adding those to expense of battery replacement. If that is accurate, trying to stretch one more season out of a battery is false economy.
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