Battery Stuffed?

4 years isn't a bad run for a cranker battery, so I reckon you'd be wise to chuck it now, before it strands you somewhere inconvenient.

It should read about 12.7 or 12.8 under normal circumstances after being at rest for 24 hours.

Cheers

Roachie

I would go to another "Battery Place".

If they couldn't tell you that the battery is definitely stuffed, I'd be worried about their expertise.

DJ,
I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago.
It tested fine and charging rates were good but if the lights or radio were left on for a short while it drained fairly rapidly. Vehicle is 4 years old so i thought that was pretty good for the original battery. I agree with Roachie, change it out before it strands you or fails at an inconvenient time.
Remember Murphy's Law.

Cheers
Dave

All my reading on the subject tells me that there is no real way to check a battery for its state of health other than how it performs in the vehicle. Tthey do a load test but what is the capacity of the battery and what should it be when new? Like the man said, be grateful to get four years from a cranker and buy some peace of mind with a good new one.

My old mate bob used not to admit his battery was kaput but parked his old cruiser reversed up the drive so he could jump start it every morning. He reckoned driving at night was the reason he had trouble and no amount of reasoning with him made any difference. Well I guess he did get an extra few months out of the battery........

You should be able to turn the headlights on and crank a battery and this is a good test but I would'nt bother loading a battery that way just to find out if it is on the way out. Just takes that much more life out of it.

Like you I try to find excuses not to spend money and I kid myself sometimes but reality cuts in eventually.

Owen

Just go and buy a new one, life shouldn't be that hard.

My 4 trucks have 2 batteries each, they last about 8 months with the punishment I give them when there F*cked I just go and get a new one.

Steve.