My Amazing 12-year old battery...
It's an original Toyota battery when I bought my new truck. Zero maintenance and I thought it's dead, which is long overdue for replacement anyway, when it did not crank nor rev the engine. Chec...
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mkirsch wrote:
WHY was the battery dead in the first place?
Did you leave the headlights on?
Did you not drive the truck for several months?
Was it fine the night before, and dead the next morning? If this is the case, the battery is shot and needs to be replaced immediately. It has failed and will no longer hold a charge for long.
It must be that we've not ran the engine since we hibernated from camping for the winter.
After the re-charge, I was able to restart the engine, turn on the lights, radio, etc. and rand the whole gamut of stress tests, headlights while engine is off.
The voltage indeed drop and I re-charge the battery again and it's holding a steady voltage after that that experts say is an indication that battery is still good.
Thanks everyone for the input.
