Weird Battery Failure

[BleedingOrange]

If you want to get more years out of a battery, try keeping it hooked up to a battery tender when it is not being used.
On my Corvette, which sits about 364 1/2 days per year, the first one lasted 4 years.
After replacing that one, and adding a battery tender, the next one lasted 19 years.
Now I have one on every vehicle I own, all five of them, plus my Kubota.
If it isn,t being used, it is plugged in.
I,m a believer.

 

[SPYDERLK]

I just got my tractor back from dealer installing rear remotes and replacing hydro fluid.

I used it for like 1/2 hr spot fixing the road and moving trailer/boat around.

I then went to go hook up the new implement that I got the hydraulic remotes for.

I must have started it 10 times already.

Get the implement all hooked up and go to start and nuttin. I thought for sure it was some interlock it was not.

Flasher just buzzed on and off with no lights.

So I pulled the battery and put it on a charger. The Green Eye was Green.

The Charger thought the battery was charged.

I temporarily hooked up a boat battery and it started right up.

Hmmm, did dealer break my alternator?

So after a few hours on charger I hooked a heavy duty lantern to it. It was real dim. Then it Went bright and then dim again. When it was dim I could hear the battery gurgling.

The battery just crapped out instantly.

Do these batteries typically fail like this?

I think the battery is like 5 years old. with VERY low hours.

Can any recommend good sources for batteries? Besides the dealer.

This is caused by a cracked or corroded thru conductor between two of the cells in the battery. Its a fairly unusual failure. I have only had 2 fail that way. Both strong young batteries - then suddenly they would not put out current. A meter says 12.6V no load. Instrument lights come on bright and will burn all day. But try to pull more power and the voltage crumples because the broken connection wont conduct it.
,,,,Its actually a dangerous condition because sparks can occur at the break and could ignite the H and O2 evolved from the acid during the latter stage of charging. Trade it in pronto. Costco has good car batteries - long warranty. More power available in car batteries size for size. You might be able to find one that fits.
larry

 

[mjym]

my tractor is a 2005 and still have the same battery and got 500hr on it but i put a slow charger on it every 3 month it might let me go this winter

 

[mswlogo]

After googling around it seems it's a few folks with this tractor had a similar failure.

Starts one minute and little while later it's dead. Reads good until you put load.

I agree 5 years is good. I don't think a battery tender would have stopped this particular failure.