[AT] battery question

[John Hall]

We get good life out of vehicle and tractor batteries--some as much as 8 
years. I think we once had  one to go 11 years in a Farmall. Lawn mower and 
ATV batteries on the other hand do good to make it 3 years. Wouldn't be so 
bad if the ATV batteries didn't cost $50.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] battery question


> If a 12V battery is discharged below 10 volts its life expectancy is cut
> in half.  I used to do a lot of work with remote transmitter sites
> running on solar power.  We sent an entire day on the care and feeding
> of batteries.  I have a 75 IHC truck that I use to pull a lot of
> trailers with that has only had 3 batteries in it in its life.  The
> original battery lasted 10 years.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>