Don't get me started on lawn tractor batteries!
Yea there was a need for it. $230 for a freaking battery. On an engine a crank start would probably turn over.
Jeez ... Where'd you get that thing??
I was going through those every year when they were $25 each. Now they are around $75. I found the Harbor Freight battery tenders hooked up to them when we are away and during the winter when not being used has had them last over two years now and counting.Don't get me started on lawn tractor batteries!
One on the three wheeler is going on 4 years now.
All modern vehicles have a tiny battery drain from modern electronics that will suck the battery dry over time which kills auto batteries. Even the old 57 chevy dash clocks kept running from the battery when the ignition was off.
This one will work for mower/generator batteries.
12V Automatic Battery Maintainer
Amazing deals on this 12V Automatic Battery Maintainer at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
This one for car/boat batteries.
12V Deluxe Battery Maintainer and Float Charger
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If you're going to not drive it for more than a few days, a battery tender is a very good investment. I bought one of these for my truck when I left it at my folks' house while I was working out of state:
It did a lot better than the Walmarts special Schumacher I had used in the past, and they use one of the bigger Deltran multi-outlet chargers at work to keep the batteries up on the fleet vehicles while they're off the road.
It did a lot better than the Walmarts special Schumacher I had used in the past, and they use one of the bigger Deltran multi-outlet chargers at work to keep the batteries up on the fleet vehicles while they're off the road.
I can explain it to you, but can't understand it for you. If you have to ask, you aren't going to understand the explanation. Apparently you don't have, know what it is, know how to use a VOM???? Start there on YouTube, report back.
Don't have, can not afford to buy, figured out what the problem was, kiss my hairy old azz.
You can get a decent DVM at Harbor Freight for under $10. If you can't afford that, I'll give you one. Every adult who lives on their own should have one and know how to use it. I still have a Vacuum Tube Volt Meter, or VTVM, kicking around here somewhere. Plus several kinds of idiot lights, called that because any idiot should be able to figure out how to use them. Red probe goes to red terminal, black to black, and the light glows. Bright means goodish battery, dim not so good, and no light dead battery.
You can learn how on YouTube.
7-Function Digital Multimeter
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A battery load tester seems like it would have been handier than a multimeter.
This stuff must be contagious. My battery just crapped out yesterday and had to get a jump. Just got a new one this morning. Dam things keep getting more and more expensive
Hot temps are battery killers.
