Re: Flat battery today ...alternator? [message #370485 is a reply to message #370484] |
Mon, 12 September 2022 11:46 |
boybach
Messages: 566 Registered: December 2020 Location: Vancouver Island
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John, my experience is that the old batteries gradually lost their oomf but yes indeed these new ones fail suddenly... what's up with that? lol
Larry
JohnL455 wrote on Mon, 12 September 2022 09:00Possible scenario. Your failed battery may have taken out one diode in your isolator. The battery fail you experienced is typical with today’s batteries. My take is in the old days they would gradually start to crank slower over a period of time. Today the end of life curve is dramatic.
Larry - Victoria BC -
1977 ex-Palm Beach "Ol' Leaky" 40,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. Atwood helium fridge, water heater & furnace. SS exhaust system, Onan, Iota Converter, R134A, New fuel lines & heat exchange hoses
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