My lawn tractor wouldn't crank yesterday and I had to get my quick charger/starter battery (Lithium battery) out. Then it started up fine. Something didn't seem quite right, just an annoyance of something. I cut grass for about 30 minutes and cut the mower off for a few minutes. Again it would not crank. I checked the acid level and it was fine. Then I tapped the battery connections with a good jolt of the closest pliers and it started. The fittings were tight enough that I could not move it with my hands and I squirt it with WD-40 at least 3 times a year, but it wasn't making a good connection. Anyway it is working.
NOW the to the Title. During the time I boosted it off at first and the time I found the problem, I got to thinking - Is there a solid state battery of some kind that replaces lead acid batteries and does it reliably? IF not, there should be. Are we headed in that direction yet?
Your comments.
As an added note along this line, back in the mid-70s, I made a comment to a mechanic friend who was a pretty good electrician also: "I'll sure be glad when they make a battery load tester or analyzer that doesn't need to run a full load across it to figure out if it is good or not or how much power it has." My friend stated "That will never be. Load test results will always require full load tests to be effective." My thoughts were: "He is living in the dark ages and doesn't know it."
I am just trying to look at the future and hope it gets here soon, battery wise!
NOW the to the Title. During the time I boosted it off at first and the time I found the problem, I got to thinking - Is there a solid state battery of some kind that replaces lead acid batteries and does it reliably? IF not, there should be. Are we headed in that direction yet?
Your comments.
As an added note along this line, back in the mid-70s, I made a comment to a mechanic friend who was a pretty good electrician also: "I'll sure be glad when they make a battery load tester or analyzer that doesn't need to run a full load across it to figure out if it is good or not or how much power it has." My friend stated "That will never be. Load test results will always require full load tests to be effective." My thoughts were: "He is living in the dark ages and doesn't know it."
I am just trying to look at the future and hope it gets here soon, battery wise!
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