This is another HF post and has worked for me. Your milage may vary.
This past weekend, my son in law and I went to HF and I bought a few things. Among them was a solar panel HF # 44768, here.
I got this one for my lawn tractor. Back in the spring I had to boost the battery off and last week I had to do it again. I tried to crank it yesterday and it turned over twice and quit. Then I hooked the solar panel up to the battery and within an hour it cranked immediately. I think I will leave it on through the winter.
I bought a '95 Ranger in 2000. IN the summer of 2001, I returned to Japan. When I came back to the States for a month in the summer of 2002, the battery was dead. I went to Walmart and got their HD battery. The next summer (2003) when I returned for a month, it was dead. Walmart replaced it. Spring of 2004 when I returned for a month, the latest battery was dead. Walmart replaced it. (Yes, I know that a vehicle that is not cranked on occasion will kill a battery.)
BUT, this time, I went to HF, bought a cheap approx 2" by 12" solar panel and plugged it into the cigarette lighter and put the panel on the dash. This was 2004. Today is December of 2011 and the same battery is going strong.
This prompted me to get the second solar panel charger and try it on the lawn tractor with 12 volt battery. I don't know about other's success with HF's solar chargers, but it sure is nice that the batteries stay charged and work longer for me. Oh yes, this lawn tractor battery was purchased in 2005, so it is about time for it to be getting weak. I had to add water to it a couple of years ago.
Is 6 to 7 years normal for a 12V auto battery under normal conditions?
This past weekend, my son in law and I went to HF and I bought a few things. Among them was a solar panel HF # 44768, here.
I got this one for my lawn tractor. Back in the spring I had to boost the battery off and last week I had to do it again. I tried to crank it yesterday and it turned over twice and quit. Then I hooked the solar panel up to the battery and within an hour it cranked immediately. I think I will leave it on through the winter.
I bought a '95 Ranger in 2000. IN the summer of 2001, I returned to Japan. When I came back to the States for a month in the summer of 2002, the battery was dead. I went to Walmart and got their HD battery. The next summer (2003) when I returned for a month, it was dead. Walmart replaced it. Spring of 2004 when I returned for a month, the latest battery was dead. Walmart replaced it. (Yes, I know that a vehicle that is not cranked on occasion will kill a battery.)
BUT, this time, I went to HF, bought a cheap approx 2" by 12" solar panel and plugged it into the cigarette lighter and put the panel on the dash. This was 2004. Today is December of 2011 and the same battery is going strong.
This prompted me to get the second solar panel charger and try it on the lawn tractor with 12 volt battery. I don't know about other's success with HF's solar chargers, but it sure is nice that the batteries stay charged and work longer for me. Oh yes, this lawn tractor battery was purchased in 2005, so it is about time for it to be getting weak. I had to add water to it a couple of years ago.
Is 6 to 7 years normal for a 12V auto battery under normal conditions?
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