The old battery seems to have more life than many newer ones. But I will have to wait to verify this statement until the replacements fail. What they replaced were each at least a decade old. The SD had one from 2005 removed last month. The SDL was around 2003 IIRC when a fresh on went in December 2017
clay 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1986 SDL - Polei 1982 300 SD - Allen retired models- 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > On Jul 21, 2018, at 5:06 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > It seems to me batteries are lasting much longer than they used to - I got 13 > years from a Optima I bought mid 2000. But the replacement I bought lasted > 5 years so who knows. I have several lead acid batteries bought in 2013 > still alive and well... > > Having found out that I have a short of some kind at work forces me to take > another look at the battery I removed from the 300D, especially given your > neighbors experience with the AC clutch... > > LarryT. > > > On 07/20/2018 7:38 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> Had a weird one this week. >> Neighbor can't start his truck. (1996 Chevy 1500 pickup) >> Puts it on the charger, drives his wife's truck to work. >> Calls me up and asks me to look at it, he doesn't think it's charging. >> I go over there and it's DEAD, like Larry's car after being parked all week >> with a big current draw, but his truck did it overnight. I jump start his >> 'smart' charger with my 'dumb' charger. >> Six hours later, it's still charging. >> He gets home, it starts right up, alternator is working fine. >> He'll leave it on the charger until the charger shuts off. >> Next morning it's still charging, he buys new battery. >> >> While putting new battery in, he hears a clicking noise. >> Calls me over to investigate, it's his AC clutch. It's engaging as soon as >> you hook up the battery, with the key out of the truck and the AC off, in >> fact he never turned it on as long as he owned the truck. Pull the AC relay, >> no more clicking. And probably nothing wrong with the battery he just traded >> in. (Autozone Duralast battery dated 11/2007) >> >> Mitch. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
