What's the life of our stock battery ?
01-14-2003, 02:16 PM
#17
Yes, there are caps that can be unscrewed under the sticker. Adding distilled water did not help the longevity of mine. I bought the only available battery in the right size at the closest auto parts store when mine crapped out. It is a $45 'maintenance free' no-name that works fine and has a 75 month guarantee that is probably meaningless. IMO these things are too cheap and easy to replace to worry about.
01-15-2003, 07:05 PM
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If you use a battery tender when you aren't driving the car, to keep the charge up, you will get way longer life. For some reason, even if I have just driven 100 miles, the battery tender will stay in the charge mode for an hour before changing to float. This means that the battery is sulfating. I always plug mine in when the car is back in the garage. These are small batteries to begin with, and they need all the help they can get.
01-15-2003, 07:16 PM
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Originally posted by chipperman
If you use a battery tender when you aren't driving the car, to keep the charge up, you will get way longer life. For some reason, even if I have just driven 100 miles, the battery tender will stay in the charge mode for an hour before changing to float. This means that the battery is sulfating. I always plug mine in when the car is back in the garage. These are small batteries to begin with, and they need all the help they can get.
If you use a battery tender when you aren't driving the car, to keep the charge up, you will get way longer life. For some reason, even if I have just driven 100 miles, the battery tender will stay in the charge mode for an hour before changing to float. This means that the battery is sulfating. I always plug mine in when the car is back in the garage. These are small batteries to begin with, and they need all the help they can get.