4 wheeler Battery

  • Chad Luebker
    Annandale, MN
    Posts: 407
    September 8, 2012 at 7:06 pm #1213510

    Hello,

    I just purchased a new 4 wheeler battery from Napa 2 years ago and it is already junk. I paid about $100 for it. No more NAPA batteries for me. What batteries do you guys recommend for a 4 wheeler and where to purchase. Thanks!

    Chad

    mwal
    Rosemount,MN
    Posts: 1050
    September 8, 2012 at 7:14 pm #1097421

    Is your wheeler a newer one with digital display? if so you need a battery tender. they draw current 24/7 even if key is off . Atv/Snowmobile batteries are not designed for being drawn down. My dealer had me hook up a battery tender and my batteries are on 3rd season . 1st battery lasted 1 summer failed during winter. Newer outboards do the same thing computer draws current at all times.

    Mwal

    TazTyke
    Central Minnesota
    Posts: 473
    September 8, 2012 at 7:27 pm #1097425

    I have never gotten more than three good years use out of an ATV battery. They just don’t last because of all the vibration and jarring and draining that they get. It’s the price of owning a ATV. I too have a battery maintainer that helps keep it charged when not in use and that does seem to help.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    September 8, 2012 at 7:35 pm #1097426

    X2 on mwal’s post. On year 3 of a wal-mart battery using a tender and it starts like a brand new battery.

    Don Miller
    Onamia, MN
    Posts: 378
    September 8, 2012 at 8:42 pm #1097438

    We have 2001 and 2003 Honda Foremans we bought new. I estimate I have bought 8 batteries in that time. Fleet Farm, Wally World, Batteries Plus, does not seem to matter. 2 years, maybe 3, that’s all we get for service life. Very annoying at $75/. Battery tender only works if I plug it in.

    onestout
    Hudson, WI
    Posts: 2698
    September 8, 2012 at 11:09 pm #1097447

    1.5 on my wal-mart bettery

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18621
    September 9, 2012 at 12:11 am #1097454

    Wrong forum but batteries vary. If NAPA give you some credit for that battery you’re better off buying another from them. If the same thing happens again check your electrical system then buy another brand. I have had extreme satisfaction on all my quads using YUSA batteries.

    Chris Raymond
    Keweenaw Peninsula, MI
    Posts: 514
    September 9, 2012 at 12:27 am #1097455

    Quote:

    Is your wheeler a newer one with digital display? if so you need a battery tender. they draw current 24/7 even if key is off . Atv/Snowmobile batteries are not designed for being drawn down. My dealer had me hook up a battery tender and my batteries are on 3rd season . 1st battery lasted 1 summer failed during winter. Newer outboards do the same thing computer draws current at all times.

    Mwal

    +1

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    September 9, 2012 at 2:52 am #1097467

    You could also disconnect it if you are not using it but once in a while and dont have a charger handy. But a battery tender is a necessity.

    jetdriver
    Hudson WI
    Posts: 491
    September 9, 2012 at 2:03 pm #1097494

    Definitely use a charger. Most ATV have an electrical system that charges the batterry slooooowly. You need the charger to keep it topped off.

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