Dead Battery - BX25

[irvingj]

By all means have the battery tested before chucking it out; that does sound premature. Mine's going on 4 years and 300 hrs, still OK. And do check all connections, especially the ground strap(s).

 

[tshep]

Experience and research have taught me that a low battery (lead acid) stays a bad battery - something in the chemistry about being taken close to zero permanently reduces the capacity (grows 'bridges' between plates as it tries to supply current). It may start a few more times after charging, but it will never be an X Cold Start Amps battery again. It needs recycling after initiating problem is found and solved, while you still have some warranty and fairly warm weather left. Bite the bullet now, an undependable emergency tool is worthless.

 

[Mike_VT]

To me this sounds like something is still drawing juice even with everything off. I have a large diesel gens set and one time even with everything off a relay was calling for power, it was stuck in the closed position. I would get your tester out and put it to ground and start touch your switchs and relays.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Thanks for all the advice everybody. We found out that the battery was indeed the problem.

My dad went out to the local auto parts store tonight and was able to get a replacement battery (battery was out of warranty).

 

[ultrarunner]

Good feeling to know the problem is solved...

Did the battery ever happen to go fully dead from extended storage or something left on?

Seems newer batteries don't take full discharge very well.

Slightly off topic... I was putting brakes on Mom's 2001 Toyota Corolla that just turned 60k miles... car has never been garaged and still has the original Delco OEM 10 1/2 year old battery... this is the longest I have personally seen.

 

[jakell2010]

Check your alternator output,,,,,,,could justve been a subpar battery

 

[tommu56]

Thanks for all the advice everybody. We found out that the battery was indeed the problem.

My dad went out to the local auto parts store tonight and was able to get a replacement battery (battery was out of warranty).

I rotate them my tractors died I measured my wife's wrangler's battery and it fit so she got the new battery her used one went in to the tractor.
It got me 1/2 a brownie point because I spent money on her not the tractor:laughing:.

tom

 

[MikeInEburg]

Slightly off topic... I was putting brakes on Mom's 2001 Toyota Corolla that just turned 60k miles... car has never been garaged and still has the original Delco OEM 10 1/2 year old battery... this is the longest I have personally seen.

We JUST replaced to original battery in what is now my son's 2001 Subaru that has 170K miles on it. That was a record for me.
Mike

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Did the battery ever happen to go fully dead from extended storage or something left on?

When the 4-ways were left on it seemed like it was trying to start, so maybe that drained it...

 

[ultrarunner]

Slightly off topic... I was putting brakes on Mom's 2001 Toyota Corolla that just turned 60k miles... car has never been garaged and still has the original Delco OEM 10 1/2 year old battery... this is the longest I have personally seen.

I may have spoke too soon...

Mom left the headlights on overnight and the battery was dead as a rock...

I put a charger on it and time will tell...