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Those cheap RK batteries

Geo-TH,In

Geo-TH,In

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Only lasted 10 years
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My Jubilee was put in a nursing home 3
years ago after I bought a Kubota.
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I put in a new battery in it today and the
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Old girl fired up on the second crank.

Hoe long do your RK batteries last?
 
When you consider the battery warranty is pro rated, and goes off list price to replace, the battery warranties rarely
pay out.

Paul
 
my trucking business did haul battereies from
Louisville KY to Texas. You are correct only
difference is label 1 tp 5 years !!!
 
I have found that RK batteries last longer on things we use on a daily basis as opposed to one that we only use occasionally like say my wood-mizer mill that might sit three weeks sometime without being started. There I use the HF battery minders and that solves the problem. Rural King batteries are pretty much a bargain.
 
JM
I think all batteries self discharge and maintaining a full charge all batteries last longer.

Last fall I forgot to remove the large battery from my dump trailer which I've only used 2x in the past 1.5 years.

I put the half dead battery inside a heated garage and it didn't fully recover using smart chargers. 12.25v
Yesterday I put it on my 50 year old manual charger that I repaired and there is hope it may maintain 12.65 volts.
Only time will tell if it self discharges.
 
I have a pretty old one in our Farmall C, but not 10 years, maybe 7. It seems to hold a charge better since I put a disconnect in the ground cable. It sits in an unheated shed on the Canadian border of MN all winter, no charger on it, and starts in the spring. I don't leave chargers on anything, I have found it unnecessary. Last winter 13 batteries sat 5 months in MN, I only replaced 2, and I went the 2 previous years without buying any.
 
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