New Battery
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Racer
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From: Pittston PA
New Battery
The weather is getting nice, so I wend downstairs to fire up the vette for a ride, and much to my disapointment, the battery was dead, tried charging but it wont hold a charge, time for a new one I guess! New AC/Delco in the way.
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I have one on my bike that's about 6 yrs old, one in the vette is probably that old too. Keeping them topped off all the time has several advantages, keeps the battery working more years and less stress on the charging system to get the battery charged.
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I have 4 tenders one on each of the toys..
the vette I drive ever day unless snow....
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I like the Ctek (think mine is a 3000). In addition to trickle charging (just maintaining) the battery charge it also runs a conditioning program when necessary to keep the battery healthy. Been working great for five or so years here. 
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Not necessarily ruined. Try putting on tender with desuph for couple weeks. I did it and mine fine now. Regular charger didnt work but deltran restored it. That was two years ago
Last edited by 02HREBlue; Mar 18, 2012 at 07:51 PM.
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I bought my 2002 Dodge Ram with a 5.9 in Nov. 2001 . Still the original battery and it is a DD. I keep a set of jumper cables for when it dies.
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