Another battery question

grandpa Love · Mar 7, 2019

Battery out of Allis 5030 is shot. 24 hours on slow charge, will slowly turn tractor over. Not enough juice to start it. Took the new 12 volt out of Dave's Oliver. Allis fired right up. Now new issue. 12 volt battery in Ford 960 won't hold a charge. When I took it out of tractor the positive post is loose. Moves up and down about 1/2 inch. I'm guessing that battery is no good?

2510Paul · Mar 7, 2019

Yep, sounds like toast to me. How old are these batteries? The one with the loose post, either someone torqued on it too much or it had a mfg defect, or both. Now you have a couple of batteries to trade in.

I have a battery on the bench as well that won't hold a charge. I charge it and a couple days later it is at 8 volts. But, it is an old battery.

Paul

Red1 · Mar 7, 2019

Correct...Except as a core charge for a new one...

grandpa Love · Mar 7, 2019

Allis battery is from 2011. Ford came with the tractor, I've had it 3 years.

farmer656 · Mar 7, 2019

Check you email please

pinball · Mar 7, 2019

if your battery cable was loose at all it might be creating a small arch. that happened on my 960 as I took the cable off but somehow it fell back on top of post. hence battery went dead but I caught it quick enough that I put it on a bat maintainer for slow charge. been 4 years ago. still going strong

formerly ny bill · Mar 7, 2019

the more tractors, the more batteries..... unfortunately. still better than a hand crank.

grandpa Love · Mar 7, 2019

Only hand crank I own is still stuck! Poor old Allis B

47fivewindow · Mar 7, 2019

I have only had one battery blow up when charging and it had a loose post. Be careful, an arc inside could be dangerous.

LAA · Mar 7, 2019

I buy the interstate rebuilt batteries, any size you want is 40 bucks with a 1 year warranty, been buying them a few years now, run them on everything except my Wifes vehicle.

jeffcat · Mar 7, 2019

Post broke away from Bush bar internally. You are not only missing a cell because of the brake you also have a potential explosion when it arcs over. Get RID of it. Please!

jeffcat · Mar 7, 2019

So do I. If you know where the warehouse is they are a great deal. Mechanics donot want to screw around after they put in a new altinator and just change out the battery to cover all of the bases. I picked up two just a few weeks ago. My new digital battery tester just purred when I tested them! Yaaaa!

Bob · Mar 7, 2019

Batteries fail, and are a "cost of doing business".

Best to wear eye and face protection when working with them.

Gonna GUESS you've never witnessed a battery explosion, or you would not have been wiggling a loose battery post.

Geo-TH,In · Mar 8, 2019

Can a discharged battery damage the alternator? - Answers
www.answers.com ? ? ? Car Electronics and Lights ? Alternators
It can cause sudden alternator death. There is a paper that comes with many rebuilt alternators that recommends always charging a dead battery before running the vehicle to prevent sudden alternator death.. Good advice. The alternator will have to work very hard until the battery is charged fully.

I damaged 3 alternators this way. Thank God Auto Zone replaced them, lifetime warranty. Later, I discovered I had a parasitic load draining the battery. A few miles down the road and I smelled a toasted alternator, then battery light came on.

This is why I'll never jump start my vehicle with a dead battery. I charge mine first.

Aaron Ford · Mar 8, 2019

24 hours may not be enough depending on the state of the battery and the Amp Hour rating of the charger. A 1.5 Ah charger would only recharge 36 Amps at that rate. A 770CCA battery would likely require much more juice to recover from a "dead" state.

HTH

Aaron

Determined · Mar 8, 2019

No idea what the weather is like where you are but if it is below freezing and the battery was run down you will not get it to take a proper charge until it is thawed out first.

Just because you can see some liquid under the caps it does not mean there is not ice lower down.

Bring it in to a warm place for 2-3 days then try charging it, I have revived countless batteries this way and it works 80% of the time.

The one with the loose post, get rid of it.
Hooking it back up or trying to charge it is a big bang waiting to happen.

grandpa Love · Mar 8, 2019

Central AL. Couple nights below
freezing lately but warm days.
Battery was bought in 2011. I'm
good buying a new one!

buickanddeere · Mar 8, 2019

. How many amp hours is the battery rated for ? How many amps is the charger rated for ?

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