Battery Tender Failure?

[Rruuff Day]

Well. After all this time of my supporting the benefits of a battery tender on all vehicles when they are not in regular use, I guess it's time to eat a little crow (so to speak). Went out today to flash up my Can-Am ATV, only to hear the click click click of the starter.... .... So a boost later and getting the ATV into my shop, I proceeded to investigate the problem. After a full charge to 13 volts with a standard battery charger, I pulled out my trusty battery load tester and lo and behold, my battery is kaput, toast, worn out. Obviously using a tender on this battery for the last 15+ years has totally failed me. I would have expected one of those little 18 Ah, 270 CCA batteries to have lasted much longer than that...I guess a warranty claim is out of the question.... ..... Ok... So a little tongue in cheek here. Bought the ATV new in 2007 and this is the first battery change.... Wow....

 

[theboss]

15 years!!! I guess you had for your money's worth,

 

[Paul C7 to C8]

All good things must someday come to an end.... That little battery did you proud!

 

[vintageracer]

The 2006 battery in my '77 Firebird Formula 400 just died this Summer. It was always kept on a maintainer unless I knew i was going to drive it again within the next few days.
The car, with battery installed, wintered in an unheated outbuilding on a friend's property.

 

[OL Yeller]

I'm thinking that without the maintainer on for all those years, you would have replaced several batteries by now.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Saved three batteries and spent $22K on hydro.

My Yamaha is a year newer than Erics machine, a 2008, but the original battery is still working and I am thinking it is using the Battery Tender that has saved it.

 

[nascar03]

Things never last! Ha ha.

Way back in 1983 I bought a battery for our ‘75 coupe.
I got it from CanTire during the short time they offered, wait for this, a battery with a LIFETIME warranty….! I also bought one for our ‘76 442. We owned the 442 ‘til 1998 and had a couple of batteries replaced for FREE.
We still own the ‘75 Coupe(40 years. So far) and have had a few batteries replaced.
A few years ago I took in a failing battery, showed my lifetime warranty paper and they gave me a new one. No questions at all. The parents of the CanTire employee that did the replacement were probably very young when I got the first battery!


graham