My turn to buy a battery
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Gregster613
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Teachu2 said..."NAPA The Legend Premium AGM Group 34 battery"...that's what I went to in my TYM once the original died and it has worked very well so far. But, mine is also kept on a battery maintainer whenever it's not being used for work. Have had no problems since it was installed.
4570Man
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I used to use Napa batteries and they provided good service. Then they changed hands and I don’t shop there anymore. Now I use RK or Walmart batteries. I change equipment more often than batteries so maximum lifespan really isn’t my top priority.
Oaktree
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I've also had good experiences with Walmart batteries. Could just be that there's high enough turnover so they're always fresh, but one would think that some of the chain autoparts ones would be the same and they're not always. Won't buy another O'Reilly's house brand, I've had multiple ones stop taking a charge after only a year. Napa ones seem to be good, but they're pricey (like everything else there).
Speaking of battery failures, it used to be that as a battery aged, the internal resistance went up making the voltage lower (slower cranking). Nowadays, it seems they work, they work, they're completely dead. No in between.
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I have come to the conclusion that as I replace batteries they will all be AGM's.
The complete lack of corrosion on the terminals of the ones that I have had is the biggest selling point to me.
Most of my batteries never see a battery minder or tender, the exception being my Harley and I have not see
any evidence that the tender has saved me any batteries, on my 3rd in a 2014.
Fortunatly the tractors don't have a lot of hidden battery consumption like the new trucks and bikes do.
The complete lack of corrosion on the terminals of the ones that I have had is the biggest selling point to me.
Most of my batteries never see a battery minder or tender, the exception being my Harley and I have not see
any evidence that the tender has saved me any batteries, on my 3rd in a 2014.
Fortunatly the tractors don't have a lot of hidden battery consumption like the new trucks and bikes do.
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The BX23 still original battery...
Must be 16+ years now.
I do have it on maintainer and stored in basement... temp year round 58-62 which probably helps?
Must be 16+ years now.
I do have it on maintainer and stored in basement... temp year round 58-62 which probably helps?
Oaktree
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Don't think I've ever gotten more than 3-4 years out of motorcycle batteries regardless of type. At least in my snowmobile it's easy to get at to jump/replace, my ATV not so much.
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I just replaced the 51R in my Kubota, the old one was from 2/2014.
Gregster613
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I thought I'd add to this since I recently had a "perplexing" problem. My BatteryMinder1500 - which I've had ever since I posted this the first time - all of a sudden stopped with the "regular" flashing of lights which denotes it's working as supposed to. Only the top light, which is supposed to always be solid green, designating power on, was working - but it was a flash on, then flash off, but in a subdued manner.
I went through my checklist manual - which is very non-helpful - couldn't find any actual/factual reason for a failure. My battery showed 12.7 amps, so why wasn't it continuing to work as normal?? I moved the unit to another battery and it worked as it was supposed to!? It took me about a week to realize that - if the unit itself worked - "Maybe the ring terminals were the faulty portion of the perplexing problem!" I looked deeper into that end and found that the 15Amp fuse was faulty! I had forgotten all about there being a fuse in that section! All is back to normal now but wanted to share the fact that sometimes simply overlooking the simplest of things can cause drama and "stress" that we don't need in our lives.
I'm back to happy now and if there are any other BatteryMinder owners out there I hope this will "remind" you to check for fuses first! I even placed a call to the help center, but I was outside of their hours of operation for advise...and I'm now glad of that now because they would have asked me if I'd checked the fuse and I'd have said "Duh!" Never to old to learn! Greg