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if you jump start it, DONT let it stall or shut it off. it wont restart.. you must run for awhile to charge, go for a little joyride, the higher the RPM, the better. when i bought mine, it had a dead battery and many other problems so it had 2 be boosted about 5times to get it home. (standard)
oh, a charger is a good thing to have around, watch for sales, i like the automatic but manual chargers are cheaper. mine is manual 6/12V, 2/6A. its from Canadian Tire, it dose a pretty good job, i think its worth about $30-40 CDN. you dont need anything fancy unless you have the extra money laying around and a hole in your pocket. but a nice feature to have is a setting for jump starting a vehicle, its like 50A setting i think. but ive never seen this feature in action so i dont know. a basic charger like i have is all you need.
oh, a charger is a good thing to have around, watch for sales, i like the automatic but manual chargers are cheaper. mine is manual 6/12V, 2/6A. its from Canadian Tire, it dose a pretty good job, i think its worth about $30-40 CDN. you dont need anything fancy unless you have the extra money laying around and a hole in your pocket. but a nice feature to have is a setting for jump starting a vehicle, its like 50A setting i think. but ive never seen this feature in action so i dont know. a basic charger like i have is all you need.
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Well I'd say he had the battery in there i guess new from the seller but it had not been fully charged so it drained and I think you have to get the charge up ...Make sure your belt is good to the alternator and stuff too. I have had a dead battery and gave her a real good run to get it charged up ..A little run dont always pull it off.
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Originally Posted by Triphicus
Why do you think it isn't charging?
By the way...the battery on concrete thing is just a big myth.
One more tip is to remove and clean your battery connections. You can get a terminal cleaner for a couple buck at the parts store or Walmart.
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Originally Posted by stepman
By the way...the battery on concrete thing is just a big myth.
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It doesn't have anything to do with putting it on concrete. How can you drain an electrical current thru a plastic case into a rock? 
If you leave a battery sitting on the shelf long enough, it will "drain". Why can you set one on a metal shelf (conductor) and that's O.K.?
If you leave a battery sitting on the shelf long enough, it will "drain". Why can you set one on a metal shelf (conductor) and that's O.K.?
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i didnt say it makes sense, or that i understand it. all i know is that it has happened... maybe its related to the fact the concrete is always cold. i dont know. and yes, metal is conductive, but if its on a concrete floor, what is it conducting to other then a big "rock"...
neither of us have scientific proof of anything. only thing is that it has happened where i work, the boss and his two sons leave their boat, snowmobile etc batteries there in the off season, everytime one ends up getting forgotten downstairs in the factory (on concrete floor) it is garbage when they go to charge it to take it back to their cottage. but when their upstairs like their supposed to be (carpet, dont know whats under it... office area) they charge up fine and are in same condition as when they were removed from the boat etc.
neither of us have scientific proof of anything. only thing is that it has happened where i work, the boss and his two sons leave their boat, snowmobile etc batteries there in the off season, everytime one ends up getting forgotten downstairs in the factory (on concrete floor) it is garbage when they go to charge it to take it back to their cottage. but when their upstairs like their supposed to be (carpet, dont know whats under it... office area) they charge up fine and are in same condition as when they were removed from the boat etc.
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Thanks everyone for all of your help. Fortunately, this morning, as I was attempting to remove my battery to take it to the mechanics for him to charge it, I asked my neighbor for tools and he wound up looking it over and found that it was a faulty alternator. Thus, he offered to fix it for me if I bought the part!! Talk about a save of loads of money, haha. Anyway, I am glad to report that it is running great now and I look forward to finally driving it every day 
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Sarah
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Had a feeling it was the ALT ya got to have that baby working. Make sure the belt is on good with a good flex and your in action. As for the battery on concrete i have heard things like that but I think it happened to be just a few circumstances of bad batterys or batterys going bad ...not to sure ....It's like the old thing of got to cook the meat ya take out of the freezer or it'll go bad ...hehe. '''PUT''' it back in if ya aren't going to cook it ....lol all is good ya just loose a bit of juiceyness ....lol
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If you put a battery on the gound, it will drain, although, you can put the battery on a piece of wood and then the concrete and it will be fine. I don't know why this happens but I know it does. Also if you do put batteries on the ground, they are more at risk to having leaks, and if the battery was on the ground, then when you put it in your vehicle, the cables will corrode faster. I don't have a scientific reasoning behind this, but I know it does happen. If you go into autozone or any place like that, you will also see that the batteries at the bottom, aren't on the floor, they're always on a shelf not touching the floor so they don't drain or leak.
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