Weak Battery Question

[Fred W]

Did that back in late November when she gave me crap at the gas station. Warm start problem in cold weather. Rechecked connections again. Everything points to bad battery.
Ah well, ain't like every day is fit to ride yet, glad it happened now.

:jester:

One year on a new battery is suspicious. If you have the time, go through the voltmeter tests again that Ion suggested. It may be that you are losing some of the power on a bad cable or sumptin'.

Be sure to do the step where you measure the voltage right on the battery and see how low she drops when you thumb the starter. A bad battery will dip low there due to internal resistance. A bad cable (or starter) and you'll still see most of the 12V.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Did just that Fred, Got 7.3 volts.

Been on a ten amp charge for a few hours now with cables disconnected to be sure I wasn't loosing anything to a short.

:jester:

 

[ionbeam]

Did just that Fred, Got 7.3 volts

:rip_1:

One year old is just too young to die. Your next mission is to find out why it went **** up so soon. Five different ways to kill a battery:

1. you purchased a bad battery from ChinkGypYou

2. you practice bad battery maintenance -- repeatedly let the battery voltage get too low

3. you abuse the battery -- grind the starter for extended periods, run lots of farkles that drag down the electrical system - Datel time

4. you damaged the battery -- whack a depleted battery with a 10A charger, excessive heat, excessive charging voltage from an old school battery charger

5. your charging system is AWOL -- Datel time

 

[Bustanut joker]

I guess I need my eyes checked :dribble: The positive battery connection is broken about off the Battery.

Seems as screw I used to attach the cable to the post was too long :huh: Well stupid is as stupid does

:jester:

 

[Fred W]

I guess I need my eyes checked :dribble: The positive battery connection is broken about off the Battery.Seems as screw I used to attach the cable to the post was too long :huh: Well stupid is as stupid does

:jester:

Mystery solved.

 

[ionbeam]

Ahh yes, good ol' #4 -- "you damaged the battery" <_<

GM shipped a run of 6k cars with the positive post screw too long which eventually led to leaking batteries. By the time the batteries were failing due to low electrolyte the entire battery compartment was eaten up. Hope you aren't a leaker!