Date:         Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:52:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Time to hammer the starter/solenoid????
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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Did you guys miss his follow up post where he did indeed find the
battery to be bad and after he replaced it all was back to normal?

Mike



Loren Busch wrote:
> RE: I have a full 110 V battery charger (on full power) to the battery
> (during start efforts) so I
> assume that the battery is giving full charge.
>
> Bad assumption unless you have a really beefy charger.  Sitting since
> October if the battery is more than a couple of years old is most likley
> the
> problem.  Starting it a couple of times during that period but not running
> for any period of time just pulled the battery down more, the draw to start
> probably was not replaced by an ideling engine for just a few minutes.  Let
> the battery charge or use a jumper battery to get it going.  This winter my
> six year old starting battery started crapping out if left to sit for more
> than a couple of weeks, new battery in place now.
>