Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on November 23, 2014 at 13:20:26 from (97.114.73.10):
In Reply to: Dang! Battery question posted by Notjustair on November 23, 2014 at 11:39:01:
Unless the trip to town was a real short one, I would be concerned about the battery and/or the charging system. The alternator in most fairly new rigs will put out a LOT of amps, and those big amp numbers should charge a low battery that is otherwise in good shape up within a short time.
If the trip to town involved more than half an hour driving time, I would wonder why the battery did not charge almost fully, and why it was necessary to hook up the charger at all. Most of the time when I use my 10 amp charger, it will start out at 10 amps, but fairly quickly the charge tapers down to much less. Unless the battery was way down or bad when I hooked up the charger!
It has seemed to me that whenever I screw up and let a battery get clear dead that the life of that battery is severely reduced. I don"t know if they short out or what, but they don"t last very long. On the other hand, I have had good luck with batteries in vehicles I use all the time. In the older car I usually drive, it still has the original equipment battery, which is over 8 years old. But that car is used at least several times a week.
I guess if it was my rig, I would watch how it starts in the near future. It may be just fine, but my experience with questionable batteries is that they usually give out on me at the most unhandy moment. It might pay to check the output on your alternator system too.
And the idea of adding a battery minder and keeping that plugged in all the time isn"t a bad idea for a vehicle that is not used often. Still I don"t think a battery minder would handle the problem of leaving the key on for long periods. Good luck!
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