Every wet cell battery needs to have the
electrolyte level checked regularly.

If you didn't check the level between June and October and it is now down to
the lead plates, that could be considered lack of maintenance.

If you have a cheapie charger that you keep connected most of the time (rather
than a "smart" charger), you could be boiling away your electrolyte by over
charging.

If the battery is three years old, it may be approaching the end of the trail
in any event. If so, recycle it, get the best battery
you can afford, and take special care of it.

On 04 Oct 2004 18:04:52 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Every wet cell battery needs to have the
electrolyte level checked regularly.

If you didn't check the level between June and October and it is now down to
the lead plates, that could be considered lack of maintenance.

If you have a cheapie charger that you keep connected most of the time (rather
than a "smart" charger), you could be boiling away your electrolyte by over
charging.

If the battery is three years old, it may be approaching the end of the trail
in any event. If so, recycle it, get the best battery
you can afford, and take special care of it.

The only thing I would add is that if it's only two cells, then it's
probably the result of age and/or overcharging. I sort of disagree
with the end of it's life cycle - I have a Megatron starting battery
that is five years old and is still strong. It's begining the end of
it's use cycle and won't see next year, but five years is about the
max.

Having said that, I changed over to AGM batteries for my trolling
motor on the Ranger and that's what's going into the Ranger to replace
the Megatron.

Just out of curiosity, which two cells was it, middle or either ends?

All the best,

Tom
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