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Originally Posted by irishwonone
Thanks for your good explanation on battery removal/replacement. I’m wondering how long the batteries normally last before failing? Too is it a sealed battery or can water be added. Thanks much.
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Thanks - but a bunch of credit goes to the others who responded with valuable tidbits.
I had searched the forum for this very issue and found nothing. I can’t be the only person who/will stumble upon this disastrous design concept. So I’m hoping future searches on this issue will unveil this factual solution. I get a lot of quality insights from this forum and want to give back whenever I can.
The bad battery was the sealed type.
I let my frustration get to me yesterday and didn’t do a very good job of finding a price friendly replacement battery. I’m too embarrassed to reveal the purchase price - suffice it to say that I would recommend NOT going to advance auto for a battery purchase!
I ended up with a “traditional” battery where you can remove the caps to top off the fluid.
Old battery was 460 cca new is 700. New battery fit like a glove.
My conclusion is... the original battery was probably low quality - which may be the reason why I got only 2 years of use.
Disconnected - I’d charge the battery to almost 100% and it would drop to 20% in a couple of days. Connected with the cart running the battery meter would indicate near 15 volts so I knew the charging system was A-ok.
End of day - it’s not that difficult to remove the side body panel. Watching the recommended vid shows exactly how to do it.
One poster mentioned removing the bolts from the insulated metal shield (that’s what it is in a 2019 drive 2) which will allow the battery to be pulled up and out of the cart.
That’s the direction I’m going to go with on the next battery change - I figure that will be in like 8 years.....you know - given the price I paid for the new bat!!!!