Not A Tractor Battery

rusty6 · Feb 15, 2016

But it could have been. I installed a new GM Delco battery in the old Honda trike in mid October. The type that are dry in the box and come with a container of acid to add at time of installation. It went well and the trike started fine the couple of times I used it since then. Went to start it on a warm day in February and it would barely light up the neutral light. Dead as can be. Won't take a charge and tests less than 11 volts. Worst part is it is just past the 3 month replacement warranty. Guess I should have checked it January 1.

gab · Feb 15, 2016

Must of put a million delco batts. in the last 40 years, don't remember one with the bag of acid since about 1974.

Paul Shuler · Feb 15, 2016

I dont know if mine was a delco or not but it came from Oriely's and was not cheap. Mine lasted one year.

rusty6 · Feb 15, 2016

It was the first type I had seen with the acid in plastic tubes. Seems like a good idea. Looks just like this one on amazon.
Delco ATV battery

Moonlite37 · Feb 15, 2016

If I recall, a dry shipped battery needs to be charged to full charge immediately after installation. They are not activated to full charge by pouring in the acid. Keep trying to charge it.

DeltaRed · Feb 15, 2016

I buy those at WalMart. Get 2-3(ormore) years out of them.I ride the crap out of them daily over summer months,but they sit for months over winter.

rusty6 · Feb 15, 2016

(quoted from post at 12:42:05 02/15/16) If I recall, a dry shipped battery needs to be charged to full charge immediately after installation. They are not activated to full charge by pouring in the acid. Keep trying to charge it.

I followed their instructions and charged before installing the new battery. It worked fine but seemed to run down sitting from November to February. Never had that happen before. The original (Japanese) battery lasted nearly 20 years.
I've tried warming up, charging at 2 amps for 24 hours but this Delco will not take it. Can't get over 11 volts in it.

DeltaRed · Feb 15, 2016

Sure you dont have a slight 'draw'? That can drain and ruin a battery.

notjustair · Feb 15, 2016

I have a Polaris four wheeler that I basically only have for the calf catcher. That thing needs a new battery about every 18-24 months. I try to keep a maintainer on it but it's usually off in some shed corner where there isn't a plug close by. Those batteries make me crazy.

That reminds me. That four wheeler is sitting by the feed wagon with no charger on it. I bet it wouldn't start if I tried it. Just had the first spring calf today. I better charge that up.

caterpillar guy · Feb 15, 2016

Reading in the details further down on the amazon page. They tell you under care of the battery, to charge it to full charge upon installation. This is to prevent damage to the battery.

rusty6 · Feb 15, 2016

(quoted from post at 12:58:15 02/15/16) Sure you dont have a slight 'draw'? That can drain and ruin a battery.

I've never had a problem with leaving the battery on the trike all winter before but I guess on a nearly 30 year old machine anything is possible.

stonerock · Feb 15, 2016

john deere batterys [strong box] they put acid in when you buy the battery

David G · Feb 15, 2016

I would have charged it good after putting it in the first time, put a tender on mine.

jeffcat · Feb 15, 2016

Looks like most everyone is saying what I was going to put in. Dry charge must be trickle charged over night first shot. You most likely warped the plates. Time for another try.

MARK ROBKE · Feb 15, 2016

I got/get about 7-8yrs on a Yuasa batteries-they came new with my Suzuki quadracers;held up so good that I bought them as replacements.You can buy them at a dealer.I fill the acid and trickle charge,but it does not take long to charge them.Anymore nowadays I leave the quads set,and they still start good.I would check your 3-wheeler for a draw on the battery: that can very well be the main problem.Mark

sotxbill · Feb 15, 2016

(quoted from post at 14:58:15 02/15/16) Sure you dont have a slight 'draw'? That can drain and ruin a battery.

If he is from the south, he will have a slight draw.... whats that got to do with the battery.

teddy52food · Feb 15, 2016

Sounds like a dead cell. Can you check them with a hydrometer?

hrRoss · Feb 16, 2016

i had the same problem on my goldwing trike, found i had draw on the battery even with the switch off. in the summer i put a 1 amp charger on it after riding, in the winter i pull off the positive cable

4play · Feb 16, 2016

I have had good luck with the AGM batteries, I have 3 of them in mowers and a 4 wheeler, all of them going on 2+ yrs.

rusty6 · Feb 16, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:39:33 02/15/16) Sounds like a dead cell. Can you check them with a hydrometer?

These cells are so small I don't think a normal hydrometer would fit in the opening. Probably not enough acid per cell to test either.

T in NE · Feb 16, 2016

The one I put in a bike last summer, said to let it set for 12 hours then trickle charge it to full voltage.

You've got a dead cell that's still carrying current from the other 5.

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