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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Absolutely no maintenance. (maintenance-free battery received just what it asked for)
Just checked the dates... Received the cart from Villages Discount (used/refreshed/whatever) in March 2020. Battery stopped working in May 2024. Looks like just over four years but suspect the battery was 2019 which would make it five.
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
IMO No maintenance don’t mean no maintenance, you still should check terminals for looseness and clean top battery, Yamahas are notorious for over charging with may boil more acid fumes out. Every maintenance free battery water level can go down and affect battery recovery. Will it last longer? Who knows? But it may and keep corrosion down. If my battery gets too filthy I remove it from cart and wash it, clean battery box area, and check level. But I am anal. My cart still looks new and clean under seat.
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When I write, "Absolutely no maintenance," what that means, precisely, is I performed absolutely no maintenance on that battery. I didn't clean the terminals, I didn't give it a bath, and since it was designed to be maintenance free, I did not attempt to pry off the cover to check the electrolyte level. Absolutely no maintenance on that battery and it lasted at least four years and probably five.
It is possible that the electrolyte level was low and refilling it might have made the battery work again. Still, I didn't try prying off the cover of the maintenance-free battery. Or maybe I tried (can't exactly remember) but found it was not going to come off without breaking so I gave up. In either case, I did not add any water to it, I simply replaced it.