I lost 12 lbs last night... Wheeew...

[Frosty]

which battery are you using?

 

[Boris]

Wally World special.

The 4lb scooter gizmo.

 

[yamaslut]

Wally World special.

The 4lb scooter gizmo.

Never-Start

 

[Boris]

Never-Start

That be the one.
It's a cute little thing that with the help of some padding and zip ties has stayed in the battery tray quite nicely.

The best part about this battery is that when I had to take out my fuel tank I just moved it to the side without disconnecting any wires.:cheer:

 

[Frosty]

cool... thanks for the feedback

 

[chasingdaylight]

yeah.

Ive gone round and round with folks about that before.

the ONLY logical thing I can see, is possibly the floor is cold, and COOLS the battery some, but I cant imagine enough to reduce its cranking capacity.

wive's tale, myth, not true.

I just finished making a concrete shelf to hold all of my Odyssey batterys.

:beerchug:

was not a myth when batterys had wooden cases, i'm not old enough to had ever seen a battery with a wooden case??:djsmilie:

 

[Frosty]

i store all my batteries in my laundry room on a wooden shelf... i have never had to charge a battery - well, none of mine.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

out of curiosity, why would a wooden case make the battery unable to be left on a concrete floor?

was not a myth when batterys had wooden cases, i'm not old enough to had ever seen a battery with a wooden case??:djsmilie:

 

[PancakePete]

I went and tried this out ?
I got a 4 lbs everstart, yellow box, motorcycle/scooter.
Charged it and tested it on a buddies ski...
It was 200 compression. and the little battery would not kick it over.

Did I get a bad battery, or will this not work with bigger power motors ?
:sad:

 

[waterfreak]

I went and tried this out ?
I got a 4 lbs everstart, yellow box, motorcycle/scooter.
Charged it and tested it on a buddies ski...
It was 200 compression. and the little battery would not kick it over.

Did I get a bad battery, or will this not work with bigger power motors ?
:sad:

That's probably because its a Never start
:haha:

 

[FL-cracker]

I use a 5lb autocraft from Advanced Auto Parts... I know it had quite a bit more cranking amps then the 4lb model they have there.

But there is another one someone around here has been using that has good cranking amps... weird name.

 

[PancakePete]

THank you... I will try that !
:fing02:

 

[accbr]

Yuasa YTZ7S. Costs more, but has more CCA.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Just for the record batteries were never made with wooden cases.What happened was this,during war time plastic supplies were running low so sawdust was mixed in with the plastic to make an extender or filler.These casings were very porous because of the sawdust and I am told if you left one
of these batteries on a concrete floor it would discharge rapidly. at:

 

[FL-cracker]

Yuasa YTZ7S. Costs more, but has more CCA.

There you go Pete! Thats the one I will go with next time!

I just need a link, or website :smile:

 

[yankeeboy]

my little battery couldnt crank my ski ( 150 comp. ) either.

note: also an everstart maxx

 

[PancakePete]

There you go Pete! Thats the one I will go with next time!

I just need a link, or website :smile:

http://www.tristatebattery.com/product_info.php?products_id=760

I thought that to kick over a ski it needs to be 12 amps.
where this says 6 amps ?

 

[PancakePete]

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc625.htm

??

Can someone explain, what is needed for what
like CCA, cold cranking AMps.. and what a superjet
needs to crank... Where woould I find that info !

 

[yamaslut]

I sank my ski this weekend and got it running w/ that 4lb batt... I was totally amamzed

 

[PancakePete]

I sank my ski this weekend and got it running w/ that 4lb batt... I was totally amamzed

The same one, we where just talking about ?
what compression ?:fing02:

Maybe I got a dud