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chetcpo
 Post subject: Tractor battery.
PostPosted: December 10, 2007, 6:33 pm 
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Would this thing be sufficient?


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PowerSonic U1(9) Riding Mower battery for lawn tractors. Our batteries for lawn & garden are made with the highest quality parts and are guaranteed to be compatible with your original recreational equipment. Built with advanced technology to insure the highest quality standards for reliability, durability and performance. This battery comes with a full one year warranty from Advanced Battery Systems, Inc.

Battery Specifications:

High Performance lead acid battery
Voltage: 12v
Capacity at 10HR: 24Ah
CCA @ 0°F (-18°C): 220
Approx. Weight w/Acid: 13.0lbs
Regular Charge Current: 2.4A
Dimensions (+/- 1/16 inch): 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 7 1/8"
Dimensions (+/- 2 mm): 196mm x 131mm x 181mm



Am I overlooking a better option? This thing has some funky looking terminals on it so I will have to adapt the connectors on my harness.

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I'm planning on using a gelL cell ment for electric wheelchairs. considering this will be a summer only car, that should be sufficient, and it'll reduce weight by quite a bit.

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That is very similar to the battery that I use. Not much reserve though, in case you have trouble starting, Russ
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I've got one of these, http://www.batterystore.com/Odyssey/PC680T.htm
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I'm leaning toward the Odyssey 625, $85 + $9 shipping (batteryprice.com)to my door. 6.7" x 3.9" x 6.89", 13.2 lbs, 265 CCA, 625 A @ 5 sec. Good reserve; hot starting amps.

I want to install it in front of the passenger seat so height is key attribute. Lays on side 3.9 " high. It's the cheapest Odyssey. Claims to have an 8+/- yr life.

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc625.htm
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In my experience, lawn tractor batteries don't last long. Lots of cheap car batteries have five or six year warranties, but a year is about all you will find in the garden department. I finally got tired of replacing batteries in my riding lawn mower and shoehorned in a small car battery. It's the same one as I have in the Locost - the smallest Kirkland brand battery that Costco carried.

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the smallest Kirkland brand battery that Costco carried.

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That's all I'm going to do. Buy the cheapest, smallest thing Walmart has on the shelf.

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mookie wrote:
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the smallest Kirkland brand battery that Costco carried.

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That's all I'm going to do. Buy the cheapest, smallest thing Walmart has on the shelf.

Got it last night. $24 220CCA and looks just like the one I linked to earlier. I'll post a pic when I get it properly located. I am going to be sure to keep it easily accessable. :P

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I'm running a lawn tractor battery. It will start the car, but if it doesn't start quick, it won't. Parked it in October. Battery was flat dead yesterday. Have the charger on it now. Apparently EFI has some sort of electrical drain....

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Besides being 12vdc, cca is the most important consideration. A stock miata has 440 cca.

If you sit in your car with the radio booming without the engine running, or tend to leave your interior light on, then amp/hours are more of a concern.

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I had the same problem as Skinny G with the last two vehicles I built. It alway seem like when I had time for a drive the dam battery was dead.

It against my religious beliefs to add Wt but this time I put in a battery that is about 25% larger the most builders with a 4 cyl. It's about 9x6" and has 625 C amps, and after a month and a half of setting it cranks right up in the Michigan cold.

I would also suggest looking at a boat battery, for a few bucks more it will probably take the vibration a bit better. I know my lawn tractor battery never seems to last more the a coulpe years.

That reminds me, I think I'd better charge my tractor battery this weekend!! Dave W
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Batteries typically lose 1% per day internally, without any connections. A trickle charger is a wonderful thing. I have several.

The severity of the drain can be determined by disconnecting one battery cable and putting the meter in series on amps. Pulling fuses while watching the meter will help isolate it.

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SkinnyG wrote:
I'm running a lawn tractor battery. It will start the car, but if it doesn't start quick, it won't. Parked it in October. Battery was flat dead yesterday. Have the charger on it now. Apparently EFI has some sort of electrical drain....

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What about a battery disconnect? Think that would help?

Then again, if I pull the battery from my Tacoma, it runs a little rough for a few miles until it trains itself again.


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I was being somewhat facetious. The EFI ECU drains some electricity for the memory. I could, of course, disconnect the battery. I'd lose any computer memory but it isn't the end of the world. We're now into a Canadian winter, so a trickle charger is a pretty good idea.

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I got a solar trickle charger for the Cobra which is winter challenged.
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