justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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If it's Truly the OEM battery, then, yeah, I wouldn't even mess with testing it. It's probably very low on water, and it's Old. Consider the glass mat type. Big Crank was the hot ticket a few years ago, notvsure what the latest and greatest is today. Recommend you shop around. And be sure to get one with the proper orientation of the terminals.
Trickle chargers/float chargers won't raise the dead. I've recently revived a battery that was seriously dead.. Hit it with a charger, 8 amp,took an hour for i t to even start taking a charge. I keep a volt meter on the connections, unplug the charger and check the battery voltage. Then, hook up the battery tester, hit the button, load the battery, just for a second..
Charge it up. Rinse and repeat. It took quite a few hours, but, it's working, it's on a mower and it was much neglected.
The battery tester is under twenty bucks at harbor freight. Volt meter is sometimes free with purchase, and not exactly the best, but, good enough for messing with a battery.
As old as yours is, naaah.. time for a new one.
A mower battery can fail and I'm not exactly stranded. I always kept a healthy battery on the bike. That's just not a place for cutting corners.
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